Chinese companies are stepping up New Zealand investment after two big approvals were granted.

Business confidence went from strength to only slightly less strength in the ANZ's latest monthly survey.

The technology company started by Kim Dotcom is heading for the New Zealand sharemarket with a valuation of $210 million.

More foreign buyers are likely to make bids for New Zealand assets this year with China at the forefront, according to a report by Chapman Tripp.

The former New Zealand boss of JPMorgan Chase is locked in "full-blown adversarial litigation" with the bank where he is seeking $170,000 in damages.

The FMA has dropped civil proceedings against four Lombard directors as the failed finance company's receivers have reached a $10 million settlement with the men, their insurers and an unnamed "third party".

Richard Conway says $200 was all it took to establish his start-up, Pure SEO, in 2009.

The debts of a company are not the debts of the person who owns it, says Professor Susan Watson, deputy dean of the faculty of law at Auckland University.

Sweeping changes to securities law have undermined the custodial sentences handed out to former directors of Lombard, the Supreme Court has heard.

Diligent's share price has continued to rally and was up a further 10 per cent in morning trading.

Japan slashed its estimate of economic growth for the July-September quarter Monday as investment by companies slowed more than first estimated.

We must first conquer our island syndrome and pull together if we are ever to win the world from the edge, writes Kevin Roberts.

Nearly $60 million has been returned to 2217 people who were stung by the failure of the Credit SaILS investment.

The purpose was to increase the professionalism of angel investing in New Zealand.

How does a fast-growing small business attract angel investment?

ASB - the country's second largest KiwiSaver provider - says nearly one in four of its members are not contributing to their retirement savings.

Watchdog checks progress as several providers struggle to meet deadline for new reports.

Investors will soon be able to take stakes in small Kiwi businesses through an online crowdfunding system which hopes to "liberate the New Zealand economy".

Goodman Property Trust, with a $2 billion real estate portfolio, will celebrate the opening of the first stage of its new town centre.

Xero is starting to "come up on the foils and sail away" while its massive US rival is "struggling to move online".

Angel investment levels have bounced back this year, driven by an increase in follow-on funding into existing start-ups, according to figures released today.

The Shareholders Association has welcomed a move by the stock exchange to help fund independent research on the Meridian Energy sharemarket float.

Fast-growing life insurer Partners Life has attracted $18 million in new capital as it prepares the way for a sharemarket listing.

Five companies are set to put their business plans to the acid test in front of a panel of shrewd business investors.

The investment appeal of biofuels seems clear - growing populations urgently need alternatives to scarce and expensive fossil fuels.

Social housing providers have told the Government that its reforms need to go much further.

My partner and I have been living in Australia since the start of the year because we can save more here than we could ever in New Zealand for a house.