Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the task of selling domestically a provisional deal with eurozone partners to extend bailout funds after securing a reprieve.

As the battle heats up for the KiwiSaver dollar, authorities are taking a closer look at the tactics being used to tempt investors.

Like any successful politician, Prime Minister John Key knows a week is a long time in politics, writes Bernard Hickey.

The $200 million lost by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund when a Portuguese bank collapsed was ultimately destined, at least in part, to go to a Chinese firm under a corruption cloud.

The NZ dollar hit 97.07 Australian cents overnight with some analysts saying there is nothing to stop it pushing higher to parity.

Almost $200 million in taxpayers' money invested through the NZ Superannuation Fund has been lost after a supposedly 'risk free' loan.

Almost $200 million of taxpayer money invested through the Kiwi Superannuation Fund has been lost after a "risk-free" Portuguese bank collapsed.

Out-of-court settlements may be cheaper, quicker and more certain than seeing a case through - but they can often feel like a cop-out.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group says its New Zealand division performed strongly in the final three months of last year as cash profit slipped 0.2 per cent.

Fonterra Co-operative Group has commissioned a new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands, its first wholly-owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe.

ANZ said it expects dairy prices to continue this year's firming trend at tomorrow's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

Global insurance giant Lloyd's has paid out $4.2 billion for the Canterbury earthquakes, expects to pay a further $1.6 billion and remains committed to New Zealand.

The New Zealand dollar rose against its Australian counterpart yesterday as retail sales beat expectations.

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

Drought throughout much of the South Island and dry conditions in parts of the North look set to add urgency to water storage and irrigation schemes.

More than three-quarters of the people who had deceived a partner about money said it damaged the relationship.

Investors in nine property syndicates that have so far lost $25 million say related-party loans and mismanagement may have contributed to their financial woes.

How actual corporate earnings compare with the elevated heights at which many stocks are now trading will be fascinating to see, writes Liam Dann.

Internet banking customers using a popular online payment system are being warned by banks that they might not be covered if fraud occurs.

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says the economy's growth will remain lower for longer and policy easing may be less effective than in the past.

Two of New Zealand's biggest lenders have slashed mortgage interest rates, giving impetus to price rise expectations in the hot housing market.

Having chugged along through the financial crisis, China's huge expansion in debt now threatens to destabilise the economy.

The NZ dollar has edged closer to its record against the Australian dollar overnight - briefly touching 96.29 Australian cents this morning.