The threat of extra regulation has sent small business’ pessimism about the economy to its highest levels in nearly a decade.

New Zealand’s largest parking provider is being taken to court by the Commerce Commission which alleges it cut parking competition in a Wellington street.

The cost of building new hotels in New Zealand is being called ridiculous by the developer of a new 200-bed establishment in central Auckland.

The fashion firm destroyed $NZ55 million of unwanted stock last year in a bid to protect its brand.

Samsung is planning to release a foldable-screen smartphone next year, according to a leak to an American news outlet.

EU antitrust regulators hit Google with a record fine and ordered it to stop using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals.

Thousands of consumers may be millions of dollars out of pocket because insurance companies have improperly put their commercial interests ahead of clients.

The record run of growth in banking profits has come to an end as they fell to the pressure of higher bad debts and operating costs and a squeeze on margins.

Dairy prices have fallen to their lowest level in seven months in the latest global auction, with sizeable drops in butter and cheese prices

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now worth $US150 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.