New Zealand should be the next cab off the rank in securing a free-trade deal with the Gulf Co-operation Council, with Prime Minister John Key "much more positive" about it.

The home loan environment could be "as good as it gets" for borrowers, although the potential remains for mortgage rates to track even lower, says Westpac NZ CEO David McLean.

Exchange operator NZX has bought livestock market information business iFarm for an undisclosed sum.

Market signals suggest international dairy prices will again fall at this week's GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

Xero is changing its tactics for hiring senior executives after the departures of its North American chief executive and a US-based chief financial officer.

New Zealand is the second-cheapest country in the world for Chinese property shoppers but also one of the most popular, according to a Chinese real estate site.

Wool prices have recovered some lost ground and are expected to remain steady throughout the year, says ASB Bank in its latest commodities report.

Representatives from the Five Nations Beef Alliance are in Maryland this week pushing for beef trade liberalisation through the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal.

Spark has fallen from being the NZX's largest listed company by market capitalisation, valued at $6.51 billion in February, to the third largest at $5.17 billion.

China Steel Corp has green-lighted Kiwi-founded LanzaTech's first commercial plant.

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Bluelab Corporation will use a new research and development growth grant to speed up taking a new sensory product to market in the next year.

Thousands of property owners are now sitting on million-dollar goldmines thanks to rampant capital gain.

Reserve Bank deputy governor Grant Spencer could hardly have been blunter in taking the Government to task over its response to Auckland's overheated housing market.

Restaurant Brands' profit rose to $23.8 million year ending March 2, up from $20 million a year earlier.

Slingshot and Orcon subscribers with backdoor access to American pay TV services have survived a 5pm deadline and will keep their global mode services, for the time being.

Andrew Little says a speech from the Reserve Bank deputy governor was effectively saying there was a housing crisis – something John Key had refused to accept.

The NZ dollar remains under downward pressure as the market awaits China's first-quarter GDP report today and the next GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.

The New Zealand Merino Company, which markets wool to customers on behalf of suppliers, has inked an $8 million one-year deal to supply 600 tonnes of New Zealand fine and medium micron wool to US....

The new Aussie owners of Call Plus won't rule out continuing with its Global Mode service and says it is up to existing owners to deal with broadcasters' legal challenges.

Shares in Mighty River Power and Meridian Energy have been coming off the boil, but there are few obvious reasons for a recent slump in their stock prices.

Founders of the country's third-largest telco and broadband provider, CallPlus, have sold the company for $250 million.