With global short-term interest rates at close to zero and a number of central banks pumping liquidity into markets as fast as their printing presses allow.

A sell-off by international investors is likely to be behind the weakness in Mighty River Power's share price, say analysts.

The most difficult aspect of the Reserve Bank's dilemma is that the longer interest rates stay low.

Jason Braid, of Mainfreight USA, apologises in advance to any Americans he might offend.

Technology company SLI Systems listed on the NZX this morning and its shares climbed more than 18 per cent in early trading.

A director of a failed finance company who is accused of misleading investors says he cannot afford a lawyer and will probably have to represent himself at trial.

Public perceptions of how competitive the retail electricity sector is have improved, though to less-than-emphatic levels.

The only way to protect milk from light damage is to block out all light. The trade off, however, is the inability to see how much is left, writes Peter McClure.

Britons should be braced for years of high inflation as the cost of living soars stubbornly ahead of wages, a leading economic forecaster warns.

How do you get people to try a new food product that is up against a big player?