Fisher & Paykel Healthcare reported yet another record full-year profit last Friday, justifying Craigs' consistently bullish view.

Restaurant Brands increased its FQ sales 15pc as revenue jumped at KFC, and it added more Carl's Jr stores.

Wall St higher overnight amid optimism Greece will reach a deal with international creditors soon.

Surging Auckland house prices would put New Zealand's lenders at risk if there was a significant downturn.

Wall St is taking bitcoin seriously, which may surprise those who have followed the electronic currency's decline.

North Korea wants your money and has released a promotional video touting for investment.

Vector says a potential buyer has expressed interest in its gas transmission business.

Craigs Investment Partners has been fined $30K and censured by NZX's disciplinary tribunal for sloppy record-keeping.

Kiwi wines are hitting the spot in the United States, with new figures showing a big jump in sales.

The next eight months will be lean for dairy farmers but Rabobank NZ chief Ben Russell says he is confident the downturn will be cyclical and one most farmers can cope with.

Google says one of its least expensive innovations - virtual reality headgear made of cardboard - has become a huge hit.

House prices in Sydney rose 15 per cent in May from a year earlier, prompting a warning of a price bubble in Australia's biggest city.

If NZ taxpayers have provided a businessman with a sheep farm in compensation for his loss, it raises many more questions than Minister Murray McCully has been inclined to answer.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold when it meets this week.

If each new vintage is like a newborn baby, then Nick Nobilo who today is appointed an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit has a lot of children to keep track of.

New Zealand's only commercial tea estate has secured a deal to sell its products in upmarket London department store Harrods.

Uber's chief strategist has told Transport Minister Simon Bridges that NZ's approach to framing rules concerning the taxi-booking service will be watched around the world.

NPT has posted a 16 per cent drop in annual profit, reflecting a bigger uplift in the year-earlier period from a revaluation of properties.

It's crunch time for dairy farmers this week when Fonterra releases its farmgate milk price forecast for the coming 2015/16 season.

Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed fishing group, reported an 18 per cent drop in first-half profit as it wrote down the value of its fleet and Christchurch mussel plant.

Trilogy announced its first dividend after annual profit more than tripled on Australian sales growth.

Evolve Education Group reported a net loss of $8.1 million, or 12.9 cents per share, in the period May 20.

Contact Energy shares jumped more than 14 per cent after announcing it will increase returns to shareholders.

Ask any big business what's holding them back and they'll have all the answers ready: government policy, the weak economy, the internet, consumers' reluctance to spend.

More than six months into the great oil price crash, US growth remains sluggish and cautious US consumers have banked the savings, writes Liam Dann.

Ryman Healthcare posted a 24pc gain in annual profit to $241.9m as the value of its properties increased and revenue rose.

Comvita beat its guidance with a 28pc gain in annual profit, saying purchases by Asian tourists helped drive sales.

Talk of a "parity party" may have died down but the New Zealand dollar's strength against its Aussie counterpart has been squeezing Cavalier Corporation's earnings and adding to the carpet....

Data released by REINZ - median national sale prices - does support the Prime Minister’s statement that house prices rose during the previous Labour government.