Ports of Auckland, Napier Port and Icepak have formed a joint venture to develop a $20m freight hub near Palmerston North.

SkyCity Entertainment Group profits have taken a big dive, its normalised net profit for the June 30 2014 year down 8.1 per cent to $123.1 million.

Despite all the talk of action against Vladimir Putin, Exxon Mobil, the largest US energy company is undeterred, starting work on $700m oil well in the Arctic.

Shares in software developer Vista Group opened up 2.1 per cent following the company's stock exchange debut this morning and have continued to rise.

The sharemarket performance of recent IPOs, in New Zealand and overseas, has been extremely disappointing.

Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea - to deep waters off the US, South American and African coasts.

The FMA has contacted the NZX over a blunder that resulted in investors selling shares in Lyttelton Port when they were unaware of a higher takeover price.

Gentrack Group says it "deeply regrets" cutting its guidance so soon after going public, which resulted from a project delay and a payment dispute at two large utility customers.

Katsuyama has done his best to resist responding publicly to misinformation about his company. But in recent weeks, the misinformation campaign has hit a new high (or low).

Investors in $2 billion landlord Goodman Property Trust yesterday questioned its Australian-headquartered manager Goodman Group being paid its annual management fee in units instead of cash.

NZX is reviewing its processes after a blunder resulted in some investors trading shares in Lyttelton Port when they were unaware of a higher takeover price.

Police are following the money trail left by paedophiles in paying for material and are using the information to shut down rings that include dozens of people across continents.

Gentrack Group is refusing to answer questions after a shock profit downgrade hammered its shares on Friday.

The mining company achieved a profit of US$58.9 million in the first three months of the year as production from Didipio came onstream.

An Auckland Bitcoin ATM has been shut down by its owner after claims the service could not get support from banks.

News headlines alone, usually help to keep me fairly well abreast of what is happening but they often tell just part of the story.

With its sharemarket listing completed Scales Corporation is poised for expansion, particularly in Asian markets, says managing director Andy Borland.

Shares in Scales Corporation have fallen below their offer price following the fruit marketer’s initial public offering today.

Auckland International Airport has sold US$250 million of bonds at what it says is the lowest borrowing margin for a facility of its kind for a decade.

The Auckland-based company sold 1.3 million shares to the unnamed investors at 38c, a 31 per cent discount to the trading price.