Rising energy costs sit low on the radar of New Zealand businesses, according to the latest Grant Thornton International Business Report survey of 3500 business leaders.

To facilitate growing demands for virtual crash test data, Ford is increasing its investment in computing power an additional 50 percent this year.

The New Zealand job market continues to expand, evidenced by a weighty 10% increase this February, compared to February 2013, revealed data from SEEK, New Zealand’s largest job source.

Almost 70% of businesses expect the NZD to reach parity with the AUD over the coming year.

Importers expect the NZD will remain high over the coming six months, but NZD widely expected to ease over the coming year.

NZIER’s Shadow Board says the Reserve Bank should hike the Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points on Thursday.

"Support for an interest rate hike has moved higher - now is the time to raise interest rates" said Dr. Kirdan Lees, Senior Economist at NZIER.

Qualified Hawke’s Bay investors are being given the opportunity to express their interest in investing in the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme.

Today's announcements to support and streamline business and government interaction have been welcomed by the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce.

Mighty River Power today confirmed that the most active users of the Company’s free Good Energy Monitor (GEM) service reduce their power consumption by more than 3% and save on their bills.

By Betty Lam (Sales Trader, CMC Markets)

Concerns over global growth saw the local bourse at its worse performance in over four weeks yesterday. Today, Australian equities spent the session dusting themselves off and swung between mild gains and losses for the trading day.

After a detailed review, Council has resolved at a special meeting on 11 March 2014 to tender a new road and bridge maintenance contract starting 1 July 2014.