Crane Group, the Australian building supplies company New Zealand's Fletcher Building is trying to take over, says its interim net profit will be up 17 per cent on last year.

The Privacy Commissioner is to investigate a security breach that has revealed personal details of every Telecom customer.

The Commerce Commission has called for lower wholesale voice and text pricing to encourage competition in NZ's cellular market.

A toddler spent a night writhing in agony after playing with a toy containing toxic levels of lead. The toy gun was one of eight toys the Commerce Commission last week warned were unsafe.

Telecom won't face regulatory intervention over its premium copper-based VDSL2 broadband service which guarantees speeds of 15Mb/s up, 5Mb/s down.

Highly toxic levels of lead have been found in children's toys sold at bargain stores.

Kiwis who make only a few calls from their home line a month are paying the highest line rental in the OECD, says the Commerce Commission.

The Commerce Commission is about to launch an education campaign aimed at stamping out unfair business practices around next year's Rugby World Cup.

The Commerce Commission is warning businesses not to mislead customers when applying a surcharge on goods and services ahead of this weekend's Labour Day holiday.