Hundreds of staff at KFC, Carl’s Jr and Pizza Hut are to strike this weekend amid an ongoing dispute with their employer Restaurant Brands.

The utilities investor has posted a loss of $19.5 million as it looks to fund its planned acquisition of Vodafone.

Genesis Energy is to buy the energy from the planned Tilt Renewables wind farm in South Taranaki.

Kiwibank will be cheque-free as of February next year after reaching a “tipping point”.

Tourism industry expecting moderate growth over the next five years to six years.

Most credit report companies are too slow at handling people’s requests for their information to meet new timeframe deadlines coming in July, a spot check by the Privacy Commissioner has found.

The mobile sector has been serving New Zealanders reasonably well and not in need of any further regulation at this stage, the Commerce Commission says.

The Christchurch-based cryptocurrency exchange that was hacked earlier this year has been placed in liquidation.

Goodman Property Trust made a $200m gain in the value of its property portfolio.

The company that owns Courtenay Central in Wellington says it has big plans for redeveloping the complex – which is closed due to earthquake risks.