The search for missing alcohol baron Michael Erceg stretched on for weeks back in 2005.

Independent research house Morningstar has come out in favour of the upcoming Meridian Energy float, saying it is likely to appeal to long-term investors seeking yield.

An Auckland restaurant with links to Phoenix Forex - a company that sold controversial currency trading software - has been put into liquidation owing almost $5 million.

KiwiSaver has turned out to have been a hugely successful financial product but there are some nasty changes lurking over the horizon, writes Brent Sheather.

Activist investor Carl Icahn is pressuring Apple to spend $150b buying back its own shares.

World dairy prices were up 2.4pc in the latest overnight auction.

McDonald's might be one of the giants of New Zealand's quick service restaurant market, but its boss reckons there's still plenty of room for the Golden Arches to grow.

Receivers have called a last-minute halt to the handing of MediaWorks to new owners, after failing to renegotiate programming deals with distributors.

Claimants battling ACC for entitlements say its $4.9 billion surplus is "ridiculous" and "obscene" given how difficult it has made it for New Zealanders to obtain compensation.

The US Government began a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years yesterday, putting as many as 800,000 federal employees in limbo.

After having its "for sale" sign removed when it almost collapsed this year, state-owned coalminer Solid Energy will be partially privatised in a restructuring deal.

A revolutionary New Zealand- designed commercial fishing system - using a PVC tube rather than a mesh net - has been described as 'the future of sustainable fishing'.

The Government has loaned stricken state owned coal miner Solid Energy $100 million as part of a restructuring package announced this morning.

Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.

"The plan is hatched and sounds sensible,'' New Zealand's Darrell Read told Tokyo trader Tom Hayes - an alleged co-conspirator in the Libor rates rigging scandal

Soaring sales of Georgie Pie during a trial in McDonald's stores have lead to the Kiwi classic now being made available across New Zealand

Helen Twose looks at the Welcome Home Loan administered by Housing NZ which helps people with modest incomes get a home loan with a small deposit.