Wall Street moved lower for a second straight day in the new calendar year.

KiwiSaver members are being urged not to panic after share markets around the world tumbled over concerns about China and the Middle East.

NZ shares are falling on the first trading day of 2016 after markets on both sides of the Atlantic tumbled overnight.

Stock markets fall sharply and billions are wiped off leading companies as investors get nervous over China slump and tensions in the Middle East.

China's economic rebalancing remained intact as the first economic reports of 2016 signaled manufacturing weakened for a fifth straight month.

As rubber prices slump, 20 of 30 workers who drain sticky latex from trees on Winai Chaikunanant's plantation quit.

Lingering uncertainty about global growth and manufacturing is tipped to fuel a soft start to Australian trade when the market reopens today.

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New Zealand shares rose to a record on the last day of the year.

The Australian and Kiwi dollars have gone from the worst performers among major peers to the best as traders.

India will be laying out the welcome mat to global bond funds on day one of 2016.

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Hedge funds are betting your morning cup of coffee is going to get cheaper.

As more viewers opt to pay less for TV - or cut the cord altogether - Disney's heaping of stunningly pricey sports-TV contracts looks riskier every year.

More U.S. companies have defaulted on their debt this year than issuers from any other country or region, says S&P analysts.

The Kiwi dollar touched a six-month high against the GBP as investors push out expectations for a hike in UK interest rates.

Wall Street moved lower with the price of oil amid concern about the global glut at a time of weakening worldwide economic growth.

Bullish sentiment drives dairy firm's stock up 11.1 per cent on positive day for Nuplex and power companies.

An obscure metal used to make steel has become this year's worst-performing commodity.

There has been a lot of discussion around the NZX's new NXT market and if it will succeed and flourish, or languish as the NZAX market has.

All eyes will be on the NZ stockmarket as it opens this morning after global equity markets fell amid slumping oil prices.

Shares of A2 Milk soared to a record after the milk marketer raised its annual earnings forecast.

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Kiwi mortgage holders may see an increase in longer fixed term rates over the coming weeks after the US Federal Reserve lift rates this morning.

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Kingfish, the NZX-listed investment company managed by Fisher Funds Management, has sold its stake in SkyTV because of concerns about the increased cost of delivering new services and the arrival of....