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.

New Zealand manufacturing activity increased in June, snapping three months of decline, as a weaker dollar supported exporters in the sector.

The head of New Zealand's biggest insulation manufacturer welcomed the Government's decision to require all tenanted properties to have ceiling and underfloor insulation.

The NZ-founded carbon recycling company is shifting into commercialisation from its previous development phase.

On a recent trip to Germany, Grant Bradley checked out one of the most advanced automotive factories in the world.

The drain on ACC will continue as long as Talley's continues to insist its' health and safety scheme is working, writes Dita De Boni.

Goodman Property Trust, the country's second-biggest listed property investor, has ratcheted up development plans with four new industrial projects in Auckland worth $45.8 million.

A San Francisco startup has developed a synthetic alternative to spider silk by engineering identical proteins.

Lawmakers and activists say a company shouldn't be allowed to profit from water as drought spreads across Oregon.

Metro Performance Glass, which has more than half of New Zealand's glass processing market, reported profit ahead of its prospectus forecast, but lower than expected revenue.

The economy is expected to grow at about 3 per cent a year out to 2017, driving jobs growth and reducing unemployment, says the NZIER.

Rakon is back in profit, while doubling its debt and turning to a negative cash outflow.

Nike said if a trade deal with 12 Pacific Rim countries crossed the line the company might create 10,000 jobs in the US.

The New Zealand dollar has dropped by US1c after labour data out this morning showed wage growth was less than expected.

Fisher & Paykel Appliance Holdings, the Auckland-based manufacturer and consumer credit company owned by China's Haier Group, is considering selling its finance operations after being approached....

China Steel Corp has green-lighted Kiwi-founded LanzaTech's first commercial plant.

The New Zealand service sector, which makes up about two-thirds of the economy, expanded in March, after a drop in February, led by gains in new orders and stocks/inventories.

An heir of one of the world's richest families is banking on laboratory-grown meat as the next big industry of the future.

Cotton On's newly ratified collective agreement gives substantial improvements in wages and working conditions.

Fashion retail chain Cotton On has backed down on a plan to have employees individually negotiate a tea and lunch break.