Blackberry maker Research in Motion appeared to be closer to a resolution in its dispute with Saudi Arabia over the Canadian firm's popular messaging services.
Businesses and consumers appear to be more realistic about their prospects although they are remaining relatively upbeat about their futures.
Revenue Minister Peter Dunne in two weeks will finally introduce a Bill to Parliament calling for income sharing to be allowed between couples with children.
Allied Farmers faces fresh problems after it announced last night a temporary delay to plans for a capital raising while it continues discussions with the trustee of its finance business unit.
Surging unemployment has given Government critics a chance to vent their anger at employment policies they say are failing out-of-work New Zealanders and are damaging the economy.
Vodafone human resources director Michael Stanley is also chairman of the company's charitable foundation. He talks to business editor Dene Mackenzie about why he is such a passionate supporter of the foundation.
Billions of dollars belonging to New Zealanders, now languishing in Australian superannuation funds, will be freed up if tax changes proposed on both sides of the Tasman are passed.
Telecommunications company Orcon is promising some big changes for Dunedin broadband users when it finishes rolling out its own network in the city. Business editor Dene Mackenzie talked to chief executive Scott Bartlett in Auckland.
Revenue Minister Peter Dunne is expecting to make further announcements on Monday regarding legislative changes to GST being introduced on October 1.
South Canterbury Finance is blaming an unnamed financial adviser for the substantial slump in the price of its perpetual preference shares this week.
The purchase of Shell assets in New Zealand by local investors appears to be paying early dividends for owners Greenstone Energy Ltd.
The downgrade yesterday of Telecom by rating agency Standard and Poor's had nothing to do with how the company was performing, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird said.
The South Island is far better placed than the North Island when it comes to seasonally unadjusted unemployment numbers, according to Statistics NZ's household labour force survey.
New Zealand Post's traditional business was eroding and the state-owned enterprise faced the challenge of how to respond, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.
Kathmandu Holdings' shares fell about 15% in value yesterday on New Zealand and Australian sharemarkets after the retailer failed to meet prospectus forecasts.
Regulation of mobile termination rates would improve competition in the mobile market and result in lower prices, Communications and Information Technology Minister Stephen Joyce said yesterday.
The Council of Trade Unions says there is room for cautious optimism for wage levels although many people are still not receiving increases.
Allied Farmers is hoping to raise $19.3 million in a partially underwritten capital raising, to reduce debt and achieve longer-term business plans, but brokers are questioning the value for investors.
Two Christchurch orthopaedic surgeons who set up practices through family trusts have been granted leave to appeal a Court of Appeal finding that they used the trust structures for tax avoidance.
The quarterly employment survey for the three months ended June, out this morning, will take on unusual importance for financial markets with the measure of average weekly pay likely to be soft again.