Xero has paid the equivalent of $10m US online payroll company Monchilla to help drive its expansion in the world's largest economy.

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New Zealand shares gained for a third day yesterday, paced by Contact Energy and TrustPower, as investors spooked by recent volatility sought high-yield stocks. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare rose to a record.

On Monday Rod Drury, the technology entrepreneur and chief executive of Xero, the small business accounting software company, was sounding very chipper.

Investor fears on world markets flowed through into local share trading yesterday as concern mounted about growth in the leading economies of the United States, China, Japan and the European....

Rod Drury, one of New Zealand's most successful businessmen, these days relishes speaking in front of crowds of 1500 or so.

As Xero's CTO, Craig Walker is constantly working in the future, translating boss Rod Drury's vision for the business into hard technical reality.

Xero shares fell sharply this morning after Goldman Sachs slapped a sell recommendation on the New Zealand accounting software developer.

Cloud accounting software firm Xero has snared Andy Lark, an expatriate New Zealander with a stand-out global career, to be its new

Xero has snared Andy Lark, an expatriate New Zealander to be its new chief marketing officer as it moves to strengthen its push into the vital US market.

Broker Craigs Investment Partners has slapped a sell recommendation on Xero shares after initiating research of the online accounting software firm.

It was a tale of two technology companies yesterday as Eroad stock soared following the firm's NZX debut.

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New Zealand shares fell, led by Xero, A2 Milk Co and Pacific Edge, joining a global sell-off as geopolitical risk spooked investors.

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Xero has a decade of expansion ahead and the problem won't be finding areas for the accounting software maker to grow but choosing which of these to take, says chairman Chris Liddell.

My doubts as to whether Telecom's separation was for real vanished this week when the retail arm lashed out against Chorus.

Software company Xero will get to a position this financial year where it can make a listing on a US stock exchange "when the timing is deemed right".

Xero head Rod Drury says the company will get into a position this year where it will be able to make a listing on a US stock exchange "when the timing is deemed right".

Everyone knew layoffs were coming because the financial markets demanded blood, but few expected Microsoft to cut its workforce by a massive 18,000.