Snakk Media Ltd received more than $7.5m from over 1200 investors applying to take part in its Share Purchase Plan (SPP) capital raising initiative. ...

Sanford Ltd’s tax profit for the March half-year increased by 5.5% to $14.1m ($13.3m last year), after impairment charges of $1.4m largely related to assets held for sale. ...

Ecoya Ltd’s audited result for the year ended 31 March 2013 showed an improvement in sales and earnings. ...

Pan Pacific Petroleum advised that the "Ocean General" semi submersible drilling rig is now on tow to Block 121 to drill the Whale prospect as well Ca Voi-1X in Vietnam. ...

The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, has today granted Bathurst Resources the Access Arrangement for the Escarpment Project on the Denniston Plateau, near Westport. ...

By WARREN HEAD [PREMIUM] It’s about time for a bi-partisan response on fiscal responsibility and recognition of how far New Zealand has come in eluding economic collapse. Five years ago as the Global Financial Crisis began ...

[PREMIUM] On the back of the Mighty River Power (MRP) float last week the Government has confirmed that Meridian Energy will be next. This is the biggie of the asset sales, so what ...

The economy is improving and so are the Government’s books. This improvement has generated some loose change, says Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephen. However, this Government’s instincts are to run a tight ship. No wild ...

[Premium] Budget 2013 will be released this Thursday. What do bank economists expect from Mr English’s 5th Budget? ...

Customers want to see the passion and authenticity of the retailer expressed in their stores, that's what successful brands do, says retail consultancy group RCG ...

It has been an eventful week for global markets, with Bernanke taking central stage on Wednesday and pushing shares and the dollar lower, says Steven Daghlian, CommSec Market Analyst. ...

The NZX50 index weakened 0.5% on Thursday to close at 4,589, with only eight stocks increasing in price, reports First NZ Capital. ...

The Australian sharemarket had its worst day in two months, pushed lower by Ben Bernanke’s much anticipated testimony before congress last night, says Steven Daghlian, CommSec Market Analyst. ...

With the exception of the first half hour of trade, sellers dominated the session on Wednesday, The news pulse in corporate and economic terms provided further encouragemen, says Tom Piotrowski, Market Analyst at ComSec in ...

The selling that marked the early part of the session subsided in the early afternoon and the ASX200 was able to finish off the lows of the day, says Tom Piotrowski Market Analyst at ComSec ...

[PREMIUM] It has been a big week for the Australian sharemarket. ...

[PREMIUM] Delegat’s Group has been one of the stronger performers on the sharemarket in the last fortnight, following announced expansion steps. ...

[PREMIUM] Fletcher Building was the brunt of some selling last week, with 63c sliced off the share price after the company’s presentation at the Macquarie conference was read as partly ambivalent over the pace ...

[PREMIUM] Ryman Healthcare may be heading towards an ASX listing, provided it is successful in the 'lucky country.' ...

[PREMIUM] The all –important Escarpment appeals hearing decision is imminent and waiting for this has made investors in Bathurst Resources a bit unnerved. Sat present the share chart curve is looking a little like a ...

Following the Bernanke-inspired moves offshore, NZ swap and bond yields closed up 2-9bps yesterday, says Kimberly Martin, BNZ markets strategist. Curves steepened. ...

Despite some intraday movements, NZ swap and bond yields closed little changed yesterday, says BNZ markets strategist Kymberly Martin.. ...

NZ yields closed up 5-8bps across the curve, following the offshore lead, says BNZ markets strategist Kymberly Martin ...

Following the lead from offshore, NZ yields closed down 1-7bps on Friday, with a flattening bias to the curve, says Kymberly Martin, markets strategist at BNZ. ...

NZ swap yields closed down 2-4bps yesterday. NZ bonds closed down 5-6bps. ...

The NZD has been amongst the strongest performing currencies in a volatile and messy overnight trading session, says Mike Jones, currency markets strategist at BNZ. ...

The NZ trade balance is forecast to be NZD supportive ($515m surplus expected), says Carrick Lucas, strategist at ANZ. ...

The NZD/USD has succumbed to a burst higher in the USD early this morning, sliding 1.3% to around 0.8070, says Mike Jones, BNZ currency markets strategist. ...

Activity indicators have taken an increased importance, as Bernanke reminded markets it is all about the data, says David Croy, head of markets reszearch at ANZ Bank in NZ. ...

Gyrating USD sentiment flung the NZD/USD around a 0.8120-0.8210 range overnight, says Mike Jones, currency markets strategist at BNZ. ...

Lodge Real Estate in Hamilton, the city’s largest agency by volume, reported that dramatic decreases in housing stocks will soon put pressure on city house prices. ...

One of Taupo’s elite group of high-end luxury lodges has been placed on the market for sale. Chalet Eiger on the edge of Lake Taupo is a purpose-built four-bedroom lodge whose rates range up to ...

The New Zealand housing market powered to a fresh set of highs in March. ...

The national head office of the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand has been placed on the market for sale. The 758 square metre building in the heart of Parnell in Auckland, sits on 1813 ...

A founding winery label and vineyard behind the ground-breaking Integrated Wine Grape Production Scheme, now the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand environmental management organisation, has been placed on the market for sale. ...

Spot gold prices went still lower in Thursday New York trading. ...

[PREMIUM] The latest Rabobank Agribusiness Monthly covers all the major agricultural sectors that are important to New Zealand and Australia as well as covering off the latest economic, retail and currency developments ...

The ANZ Commodity Price Index surged 12.6 percent in April. The latest lift represents the largest monthly rise in the history of the series, and propels the index to a new all-time high, says ANZ ...

NZX intends to extend trading hours in Dairy Derivatives from early Q3 this year, in response to market demand. ...

Dairy prices consolidated at record levels in Tuesday night's GlobalDairyTrade auction, as the New Zealand drought and accompanying hit to world dairy supply continue to reverberate through dairy markets, says Nathan Penny, economist at Westpac. ...

In this week’s issue of The Headliner we look at the ace hand played by SKYCITY, delve into what makes Diligent tick, analyse the Wall Street boom, and catch up with Delegat’s and The Warehouse, ...

In this issue we consider the Opposition threat of energy regulation as the Mighty River IPO moves on, update on a briefing by Summerset, report the Turners Auctions AGM, and latest analysis on Air NZ ...

In this issue we review the Mighty River Power float, the related issue of Tiwai Pt; catch up with The Warehouse on a company visit, update on Hellaby and cover the OPUS AGM, plus much ...

[PREMIUM] In the latest print issue of The Headliner you’ll find reports + analysis of interim results from Air NZ, Contact Energy, Fletcher Building, Auckland Airport; coverage of expansion strategies by Fonterra and Fisher Funds ...

In this issue we look at Fonterra units and background Heartland bank, examine SKYCITY’s interest in The Philippines, update on NZOG’s new drilling plans and delve into Diligent’s US roadshow. Plus coverage of equities, currency ...

The sharemarket called a retreat into the weekend to lick its wounds after the market was cut by 62 points on the NZX50 index to 4526. There were 81 falls today. The more pronounced included ...

The NZX50 index weakened 0.5% on Thursday to close at 4,589, with only eight stocks increasing in price, reports First NZ Capital. Fisher & Paykel Healthcare announced a solid FY13 profit of $77.1m. In FY14 management ...

The NZ sharemarket was jarred by the snap back of world equity markets following a hint that quantitative easing would soon be tapered off by the US. There were 83 falls on the local market ...

The NZ equity market had a positive day on Wednesday  rising 0.4% to 4,610, which resulted from 24 stocks rising in price outnumbering the 16 which fell in price, said First NZ Capital. Amongst those ...

The NZ sharemarket bounced 19 points higher today to close on 4610, with 49 rises and 51 falls. Property For Industry’s merger plan didn’t excite the market, its shares easing a cent to $1.33. Ryman ...

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