US retail sales slid 0.3pc in in June, the weakest since February, lowering expectations the Fed will hike interest rates in September.

Kathmandu's new chief executive, French born Xavier Simonet, is already eyeing up global growth for the outdoor clothing and equipment retailer despite its current market struggles.

A slowdown in the Chinese economy isn't expected to crimp demand for education in New Zealand.

BP New Zealand generated its smallest earnings in more than a decade due to falling oil prices.

New Zealand shares fell over uncertainty surrounding the future of the Tiwai Point smelter.

Kathmandu's new boss, Xavier Simonet, is not letting a takeover offer distract him as he works to turn around the embattled adventurewear chain.

Auckland's median house price rose a record 26 per cent to $755,000 over the past year.

It's impossible to know where the rout of Chinese stocks will end but there's little doubt its effects will wash over Australia one way or another, says Christopher Niesche.

The NZ-founded carbon recycling company is shifting into commercialisation from its previous development phase.

US faith-based merchants contributed to a 39 per cent boost in the mobile payments app developer's revenues.

NZX says a lack of basic shareholder protections could tarnish the reputation of the country's capital markets.

Business confidence has fallen to a three-year low, led by regions like Waikato, Canterbury and Southland particularly exposed to the dairy sector.

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept its cash rate unchanged at a record low 2 per cent for a second month, saying accommodative monetary policy is needed in an economy growing slower than its....

Joyce this week got cabinet approval to develop what he calls "the New Zealand Investment Attraction Strategy".

Economics editor Brian Fallow says today's business opinion survey shows we've passed the peak of economic growth.

The country's business confidence plunged as companies became pessimistic about profitability expectations.

Milford Asset Management has lost five wholesale clients, including financial services provider Mercer, since its $1.5 million settlement with the FMA last month.

Silver Fern Farms says the group agitating for change at New Zealand's biggest meat processor has misled shareholders.

NZX dairy futures pricing continues to point to more weakness in the whole milk powder market, following on from the sharp decline at last week's GlobalDairyTrade auction.

New Zealand shares fell yesterday in a region-wide sell-off as uncertainty over Greece's financial stability overshadowed equity markets.

Australian unemployment is believed to have bumped higher last month thanks to a slowdown in the creation of new jobs.

The worst monthly slump in Chinese stocks in two years wiped away more than US$34 billion ($50.8 billion) in combined net worth of the richest people in June.

The Bunnings chain of hardware stores have been a great success story, but the chain is at risk of becoming a victim of its own success, writes Christopher Niesche.

Hamish Fletcher says he FMA, after some law changes, now has the tools that allow it to proactively stamp out misleading conduct in the market.

Today's referendum result in Greece is set to dominate market trading this week, although economists predict that it will not lead to huge impacts locally.

Kiwis can now use a beer byproduct to fill their cars, with a new biofuel being unveiled at an Auckland service station today.

Financial Markets Authority chief executive Rob Everett says the settlement with Milford Asset Management over market manipulation issues has been an uncomfortable wake-up call.

A new duty-free operator at Auckland International Airport is promising a little less of the hard sell that annoyed travellers.