Takeovers by cashed-up buyers mean less choice for KiwiSavers, Brian Gaynor.

Reading Diligent Corporation's acquisition announcement this week, you could be forgiven for assuming it was a done deal, signed and sealed.

Falling fixed line business is being more than offset by better mobile and broadband, says Spark.

Personal Finance editor Tamsyn Parker on what not to do when you see your KiwiSaver balance shrinking.

European equities, notably bank stocks, climbed overnight as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the central bank would "not hesitate to act".

The takeover offers that sent shares in Nuplex Industries and Diligent Corporation soaring yesterday could be a sign of things to come.

New Zealand wool prices held firm at auction even though buyers from China, the country's largest export market, were absent.

As global stocks enter a bear market, gold is on the verge of bull status.

Global stocks pushed into full-blown bear market territory, with the MSCI All-Country World Index falling 1.3 per cent overnight.

Equity markets slid amid renewed fears about global economic growth, bolstering gold and Treasuries.

It is time for the industry and the politicians to take off their rose-tinted glasses and do some hard-thinking about our major goods export industry, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Bond markets are spooked, credit risk is on the rise and banks stocks are being sold, writes Liam Dann.

Wall St slid overnight with the price of oil and European banks fell again.

Kiwi tech stocks have taken a hammering as investors react to global fears about the risk of another bubble in the sector and weakening world economy.

In a fully priced market, companies whose results reveal negative surprises can expect to get hammered, writes Christopher Adams

New Zealand shares rose, led by milk marketer A2 Milk and Air New Zealand, although the value of trading continued to be relatively light.

New Zealand shares fell as weaker commodity prices weighed on equities in countries dependent on exports of raw materials.

The operators of opaque stock trading venues known as "dark pools" are coming under renewed scrutiny from government regulators.

There are good reasons to think that the Chinese government still has the capability to control the country's capital account, writes Nick Dravitzki.

New Zealand shares rose, led by Fletcher Building after the country's biggest construction company bought a roading firm.

Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for still more falls in product prices at tomorrow's Global Dairy Trade auction.

The Chow brothers' back-door listing on the New Zealand stock exchange still needs the approval of shareholders.

The Bank of Japan's unexpected decision to add monetary stimulus further lowered expectations that Fed policy makers will raise interest rates again.

The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 1.4 per cent fall on a trade-weighted basis this week.

Wall Street moved higher with oil prices and better-than-expected US corporate earnings including from Facebook.