Lingering uncertainty about global growth and manufacturing is tipped to fuel a soft start to Australian trade when the market reopens today.

Our economy appears to be humming along, with latest GDP stats showing a 0.9 percent lift in economic activity.

Tauranga boatbuilder Pachoud Yachts is enjoying a resurgence of business after riding out the doldrums of the Global Financial Crisis.

Competition in motor vehicle lending is driving down the cost of cars.

Here's a handy investment tip - never buy anything from a private equity firm.

Two family-owned icecream companies have scooped big manufacturers in a survey of favourite Kiwi tub brands.

Wellington craft beer brewer Garage Project has hit the top spot on this year's Deloitte Fast 50 index with growth of 664 per cent for the year.

Unemployment rate rises to 6 per cent - the first rise in three years.

Fonterra's long-term credit rating has been cut by Fitch Ratings.

The first thing I Googled from the driver's seat of this $142,000 Tesla Model S P90D was a plea: "turn off tesla."

In late 2013, Toyota issued a stark warning to unions.

The second of Westpac's four Auckland business awards was a glitzy black tie affair last week, held at the Vodafone Events Centre and emceed by Frankie Stevens - whose jokes were on point as....

It's the latest instalment of a long-running dispute over the use of the word "batts" to describe insulation.

For Germans, VW is a huge part of their national identity and place brand, writes Mike Lee. It would be like a Kiwi finding out that Fonterra, purposely lied about the safety or nutritional value of its milk products.

Kiwi specialist battery monitoring firm PowerShield is entering a joint venture with a local manufacturer.

Australian steel products group Bluescope is to review its steelmaking operations in Australia and New Zealand, saying it needs "game-changing" savings in operating costs.

The last master cooper in England is appealing for an apprentice in an effort to stop the ancient trade dying out.

Solid Energy acting chairman Andy Coupe admitted it was "unlikely" that any sale, or sales, would cover its outstanding debt.

Mercer Group expects to turn a loss in 2015 and the stainless steel fabricator is considering selling its interiors and medical divisions to focus on its core business.

Brendan Manning looks into Auckland wiring products manufacturer Fero winning back customers from China.

Some textile jobs are coming back from Asia to the US after companies are finding it cheaper to produce goods in the South.

The jobless rate is up as the number of new jobs created fails to keep pace with an expanding population.

Mr Key said Solid Energy had $300 million of outstanding debt and was in a "precarious position".

Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing'an district of Shanghai.

Sleep disorder device supplier Resmed will acquire Curative Medical in a move it says will give it a leadership position in the Chinese market.

Nike gave CEO Mark Parker a huge stock award on the condition that he work for the company for the next five years.

New Zealand's services sector, which accounts for about two-thirds of the economy, was at its most buoyant level in 11 months in June.