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.

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

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

Not everybody has the gumption to strike up a new business in direct competition with major market players during a global financial crisis.

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

Simon Challies is an innovative thinker whose time at the helm of Ryman Healthcare has been critical to the firm's success, says David Kerr, chairman of the retirement village operator.

Meridian Energy, New Zealand's biggest and most profitable power company, will be partially privatised later this year, Finance Minister Bill English confirmed in yesterday's Budget.

Market players were left unimpressed by a big profit rise at NZX-listed landlord Goodman Property Trust, saying management were the only ones gaining financially.

New Zealand housing is already overvalued by about 25 per cent and if it continues to rise may force the Reserve Bank to hike interest rates, according to the IMF.

The Serious Fraud Office wants tougher penalties for people found guilty of corruption in the private sector.

The chief executive of Kim Dotcom's latest start-up, the boss of the Financial Markets Authority, a former police detective and a Buddhist nun are at a conference beginning in Auckland today.

Just 15 months after its launch in New Zealand, frozen yoghurt retailer KiwiYo is gearing up for major push into China.

Editorial: Naturally enough, the Government was keen to put the entire blame for what happened on "politicking" by Labour and the Greens.

Technology company SLI Systems is on track to be the fourth listing on the New Zealand stock exchange this year after yesterday registering its prospectus ahead of a May 31 float date.

The Grey Power-led petition to force a referendum on the Government’s partial asset sales policy has failed because it did not have enough signatures.