Driving through Nairobi with blood pouring from a gunshot wound is not what Alan Mountfort visualised when he answered an ad to invest in an olive grove.

Briscoes Group, which owns Rebel Sport, Urban Loft and the Living and Giving chains, says sales are up and second half profits will be "well ahead" of last year.

Auckland International Airport, the country's major gateway to the world, has kept its earnings guidance amid small gains in total passenger volumes in the last quarter.

Jetstar warns it could have to push up fares if it is hit with New Zealand safety levies it says it already pays in Australia.

Rising house prices and interest rates have combined to weaken home loan affordability to its worst level since December 2008.

The Tax Working Group sees merit in extending the 30 per cent PIE regime to the taxation of other forms of investment income.

Pyne Gould Corp's underwriters have picked up 11.3 per cent of a $237 million rights issue.

Investment markets are in a "sweet spot" right now as they recover from the global financial crisis, says AMP Capital.

Fran O'Sullivan writes that the Securities Commission won't achieve much as long as they persist with a 'limp-wristed' approach.