Liam Dann writes: 2014 doesn't look like letting go early. In fact, like a good TV drama, it looks set to end on a cliff-hanger.

A prominent commercial real estate financier says land-bankers are ruining Auckland's central business district by leaving many sites vacant for decades.

New Zealand cleaning products company ecostore has signed a deal that will see the company export to South Korea from next year.

Here's what's happening in Russia: Its currency has lost half its value, investors have pulled billions of dollars amid an oil plunge. Now here's what's not happening.

Russia's currency crisis has added risk to world markets, but the New Zealand economy is likely to be spared direct impact, analysts say.

Institutional shareholders need to place more focus on demanding quality corporate governance from firms they have investments in, says FMA chief executive Rob Everett.

The dynamic of the new oil shock is moving fast - maybe too fast for the fragile global economic recovery, writes Liam Dann.

Rob Fyfe thought life would be a lot quieter when he stepped down as boss of Air New Zealand but he has just taken up his latest role as strategic adviser to winery Craggy Range.

The Australian wing of a United States investment fund could swoop in front of Capital + Merchant Finance investors and take a chunk of an $18.5 million settlement.

The Fonterra Shareholders Council is "broadly supportive" of plans for the co-operative to start sourcing milk from South Island suppliers who are not also shareholders.

Annual house sales rose for the first time in 13 months, driven by higher value properties, according to REINZ data released today.

A raging bull is on the loose in China's stock market, which has just opened its doors to the world, but prospective NZ investors may want to approach with caution.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia and its three main rivals may need as much as A$30 billion ($32.4 billion) in fresh capital.

Nearby coastal areas are reaping the benefits of a buoyant Auckland property market, with homeowners beginning to use extra equity to buy baches, experts say.

Keith Cooper headed up New Zealand's biggest meat company, Dunedin-based Silver Fern Farms, for eight years before stepping down in October.

Biofuel developer LanzaTech's coffers have been bolstered with a US$60 million ($78.5 million) cash injection from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund.

NZX, will spend up to $35 million buying fund manager and KiwiSaver provider SuperLife.