Just 6 per cent of investors think shares offer the best rate of return, while rental property is still a popular investment, according to a survey by ASB.

Think it's all good down on the farm? Think again. Property values are plunging, and the crisis could yet hit the cities too, reports Karyn Scherer.

Tourism Holdings said it won't meet full-year profit guidance because forward bookings have been hit by the spate of floods and storms in Australia and softening tourism demand locally and in the UK.

A former London banker, his wife and a friend have been sentenced in a $NZ4.5m insider trading scheme uncovered by the UK's Financial Services Authority.

A NZ man is in a Dubai jail after calling police for help when a jilted lover allegedly attacked him with a knife.

The headline numbers on the profitability of America's biggest banks are fuelling optimism that the US economy is continuing to improve.

WikiLeaks is set to release the overseas bank account details of 2000 'high-net worth' individuals and corporations.

David Chaplin looks into the Exclusive Brethren's BCF KiwiSaver scheme.

Equities in Europe and on Wall Street rallied after Portugal's successful bond sale eased concerns about the euro-zone's debt crisis.

Stocks on Wall Street were up as investors' confidence was underpinned by better-than-expected US earnings and international support for Europe's debt.

Police are following a number of leads in the hunt for an armed bank robber following a front-page newspaper splash.