Iron ore sank below US$60 ($81) a tonne after China set the lowest target for economic growth in more than 15 years.

The sharemarket and house prices in Australia are surging and some investors are starting to use the dreaded B-word - bubble.

Auckland will issue a worldwide call for investors in an electric car-share scheme such as those in North American and European cities.

New Zealand's second-largest health insurer, nib, might take over another insurance business to get a bigger share of the market here.

A dispute has again thrown up complaints that misused shell companies.

The January OCR review saw a shift in the bank's stance from a tightening bias to neutral.

Rex Bionics say higher costs to commercialise its robotic exoskeletons have widened its full-year loss to £3.56 million ($7.24 million) from £480,000 a year earlier.

Resolution of industrial action at ports along the West Coast of the United States has come as a relief to New Zealand meat producers who have been shut off from a lucrative market.

Murray Goulburn, Australia's biggest dairy co-operative, has confirmed a full-year forecast farmgate price of A$6 per kg of milk solids.

A major banana importer says a world shortage has reduced its supply at a time of stronger demand from New Zealanders who have switched from expensive summer fruits.

Rocket Lab has attracted new financial backing from one of the United States' oldest venture capital firms and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin to put it on course.

Diligent Board Member Services expects sales growth of up to 19 per cent in 2015 as it attracts customers to its BoardBooks service, and plans to launch a new product this year.

Woolworths will funnel more than A$500 million ($516 million) into improving sales as it lags further behind supermarket rival Coles.

Growing global market opportunities and the need to strengthen supply chains are creating a thirst for capital among agricultural co-operatives around the world, rural lending specialist Rabobank said.

Investors in property syndicates formerly run by SPI have been told to close ranks to the media.

China's central bank has cut the country's official cash rate for the second time in three months - a move which highlights concern about the economic slowdown of New Zealand's largest trading....

The results for the six months to December 2014 has been fairly lacklustre, with one notable exception, Brian Gaynor writes.