Some Auckland house hunters under pressure to find the right property are making snap purchase decisions after viewing their new home for less than 30 minutes.

Equities advanced in Europe after the European Central Bank lowered three key interest rates and announced plans to start buying assets next month

For those investors looking to take some profits, it might be sensible to do so sooner rather than later, writes analyst Mark Lister.

Dairy product prices dropped to the lowest level since July 2012 in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, led by a slump in rennet casein and butter milk powder.

The NZ stock market has this year seen IPO's by power companies, tech frims, agriculture companies and now a major media company - potentially.

The business community has, until now, been watching the Dirty Politics scandals play out with bemusement and a certain degree of detachment.

We're eating more fresh fruit and vegetables, visiting supermarkets more often, spending more and seeking more self-service checkouts, says a supermarket boss.

An original-condition two-bedroom Blockhouse Bay home has stunned its vendor and agent by selling at auction for well over twice its valuation.

NZX, the stock market operator, has revealed its new market with lighter disclosure requirements will be called NXT.

Falling prices for dairy and forest product exports drove the trade balance into the red last month.

A buyer keen on Hobsonville Pt's smallest of three new prototype houses couldn't close the purchase, partly because of financial barriers and the tiny size of the house.

One of the big myths about KiwiSaver is that the money is held by the government, writes Helen Twose.

Viewed from the vantage point of Standard & Poor's global chief economist the world economy does not seem too inhospitable a place right now, but not without risks either.

The Financial Markets Authority has contacted stock exchange operator NZX after share traders potentially gained an unfair advantage from price-sensitive information published.

Peter Lyons writes: It is important that the team in charge of the economy is paddling in the right direction.

The New Zealand dollar took a sudden and unexplained dip in early trading yesterday, fuelling speculation that the Reserve Bank may have chosen to exploit thin trading conditions.

With the economy performing well on most other fronts the residential property market remains its major defect.

New Zealand's first crowdfunded capital raising has been completed with craft beer company Renaissance Brewing yesterday reaching its target of $700,000.

Industrial rubber goods maker Skellerup more than doubled annual profit following an insurance payout from the Canterbury earthquakes.