Intellectual property protection.

The Commerce Commission is warning businesses not to mislead customers when applying a surcharge on goods and services ahead of this weekend's Labour Day holiday.

Stocks in Europe and the US slid as China unexpectedly increased its benchmark interest rate and after Apple's earnings forecast fell short of some expectations.

Dairy prices have slipped at Fonterra's overnight online auction, with the globalDairyTrade index down 2.5 per cent.

If foreigners can't use NZ dollars to buy NZ assets why would they be willing to hold New Zealand dollars?

Sleepyhead, one of New Zealand's last big privately owned manufacturers, has unveiled aggressive expansion plans as it prepares to open a new $35m bed factory in Melbourne.

The Australian dollar has finally hit parity with the US dollar.

Waiting for that magic moment when one Australian dollar can buy one US dollar has assumed a symbolic importance.

New Zealand probably recorded the tamest inflation in a decade in the third quarter, helped by a tepid economy and a rapidly appreciating currency.

Goff has spent much of the past week playing political football with two of New Zealand's major trading relationships.

The New Zealand dollar held above 75 US cents as the greenback rallied after China boosted the level of cash that six of its biggest banks need to keep on hand.