Investment fund managers are taking a more active approach to responsible and ethical investing rather than simply avoiding the well-known taboos.

Spark Sport is hoping to attract half a million users to watch the Rugby World Cup over its streaming service, and says its future profitability will depend on its ability to hold on to them afterwards.

As many as 1000 people could be left out of work by a collapse in the price of logs sent to China.

The Commerce Commission has filed legal action against payday lender Moola, saying it has not been a responsible lender.

Refining New Zealand is considering spending up to $39 million to build a 26-megawatt, 31 hectare solar farm next to its Marsden Point plant.

The Provincial Growth Fund is giving the Taupo-based company a $15 million loan to help it develop a silica export industry from geothermal waste.

Deutsche Bank will cut 18,000 jobs over three years as part of a radical reorganisation of the German bank.

Complaints against utility companies, such as electricity, gas, and water firms, are up 10 percent on last year, according to a report from the Utilities Disputes service.

As some rental owners struggle to catch up, Dunedin landlords who have not planned properly for insulation regulation changes are leaving some rental properties empty, the Otago Property Investors’ Association says.

The dairy giant says nothing has changed in its business to account for a slump in associated share funds.