Vector produced a strong profit for the year ended June, but Forsyth Barr broker Peter Young said the company would find it hard to replicate the result next year.
New Zealand Oil & Gas' profit for the year ended June fell by 45%, but the company is nonetheless still in a strong financial position.
Tourism Holdings Ltd has again fallen victim to the volatile nature of the sector in which it operates.
SBS Bank would have to make a tough decision on whether it wanted to be part of the Government's changed retail deposit guarantee scheme, chief executive Ross Smith said yesterday.
The planned extension to the Government's retail deposit guarantee scheme provided certainty for investors and financial institutions, Finance Minister Bill English said yesterday.
Taylors Group, one of New Zealand's longest NZX-listed companies, could soon disappear after majority owner Australian-listed Spotless Group yesterday launched a takeover bid.
Air New Zealand is expected to confirm this week that strategies introduced to reflect market conditions have paid dividends.
Financial services company Tower is raising $81.3 million from existing shareholders through a rights issue.
Transtasman and Asian sharemarkets are expected to hold their position today after a solid day of recovery yesterday following good news from the United States during the weekend.
Business confidence is building in the South, according to a survey undertaken by chartered accountancy firms Polson Higgs and McCulloch and Partners.
Mortgage Link broker Glenda French has created something of a record by being judged the Otago-Southland Mortgage Broker of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.
Sky Network Television yesterday reported a profit that missed earlier forecast guidelines, as revenue came in softer than expected.
Kiwibank human resources manager Catherine Taylor is dealing with what would be the envy of many, working with an organisation that is growing through the recession. The former Dunedin woman tells business editor Dene Mackenzie about the challenges she is facing.
Telecom's mobile market figures were eagerly awaited by the market when New Zealand's largest listed company reported its full-year June earnings yesterday.
Dunedin is proving to be a testing ground for Tower as the insurance and investments company forgets about centralisation and considers re-establishing a branch network.
The time had come for critics of Kiwibank to admit they were wrong, Progressive leader Jim Anderton said yesterday.
Skycity Entertainment Group produced a full-year profit in line with expectations, but did not provide market guidance for next year, remaining cautious about the outlook.
The ministerial review of electricity market performance has few recommendations that will significantly affect listed electricity companies, Forsyth Barr broker Tony Conroy says.
Jade Software yesterday announced an impressive interim profit for the six months ended June, but chief executive Craig Richardson has warned that the full-year result could be down on last year.
Telecom is expected to give the market some guidance this week as to how successful the launch of its new XT mobile network has been.
