Coca-Cola shareholder David Winters is accusing Warren Buffett of plotting to take the soft-drink maker private.

A sluggish housing market, falling dairy prices and rising interest rates have had little impact yet on consumer confidence.

Another substantial stock is set to list on the NZX after rental company Hirepool registered its prospectus for an initial public offer aimed at raising up to $262 million.

Liam Dann asks, "What sort of economic fallout can we expect if Baghdad falls? It is a question that has carried serious geopolitical weight for thousands of years."

Goodman Fielder will spend $27m to expand its Christchurch UHT milk plant, giving it additional capacity to meet increased demand in Asia.

New Zealand avocado sales hit $136 million in the season ended April 30, double the previous season's, and setting new records in the export and domestic markets.

If you're planning to trade Chilean stocks during the World Cup, forget it.

Confidentiality agreement helped secure $22m payback deal, says agency head.

Junk bonds are back, though in truth they never went away and we've lost track of what these bonds actually were and are: Instruments that allow riskier ventures to be funded.

Postie Plus said today it had called in administrators. Markets writer Christopher Adams looks at what's gone wrong.

Postie Plus, the worst performing stock on the New Zealand stock market, has appointed administrators after its lenders withdrew support.