Otago Daily Times: Business News

Financial markets around the world, but particularly in Europe, are set for a rocky ride this week as Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party sets about forming a new government.

Investing in Air New Zealand was more about timing than taking a long-term view, as the airline industry generated consistently low and often volatile returns, Forsyth Barr broker Andrew Rooney said yesterday.

A near 50% reduction in the 2015 financial year dividend forecast highlighted the challenges TeamTalk faced, Forsyth Barr broker Peter Young said yesterday.

The Otago-Southland service industries left the rest of New Zealand in the dust of summer last month, easily topping the Performance in Services Index, released yesterday.

When Prime Minister John Key walked in the door of Shotover Camera Systems late last year, general manager Brad Hurndell reckons he wasn't expecting to find what he encountered in Queenstown.