A regional petrol tax to help fund Auckland city's transport infrastructure comes amid a global change in the air for user-pays funding for major projects, provided the benefits stack up for those footing the bill. US President... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Canadian food giant Saputo has entered a deal to buy Australia's biggest dairy company, Murray Goulburn, for A$1.31 billion ($1.47b).Several major dairy companies, including New Zealand's Fonterra, had expressed an interest in the... Source: NZ Herald Business News
New security screenings for all passengers on U.S.-bound flights began on Thursday, with airlines worldwide questioning flyers about their trip and their luggage in the latest Trump administration decision affecting global travel.However,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Jeff Bezos was closing in on Bill Gates' status as the world's richest man this evening as shares in Amazon jumped following better-than-expected profits.The online retail giant, reporting its first set of results since it bought... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Goodman (NZ), the manager of Goodman Property Trust, says the fire-damaged Humes warehouse in Penrose, Auckland, was fully insured and wasn't a meaningful part of its portfolio.Thirteen fire crews responded to the fire overnight... Source: NZ Herald Business News
With the ink barely dry on the new government's coalition agreement, investors are already laying bets as to who they think will win and who will lose under the new Labour-led regime.Since Labour's deal with New Zealand First and... Source: NZ Herald Business News
A $500 million-plus upgrade of rail to Auckland, a $150m-plus rail spur to Marsden Pt, and the possibility of moving Ports of Auckland work to Northport - new Forestry, Regional Economic Development, and Infrastructure Minister Shane... Source: NZ Herald Business News
New businesses, big ideas - 2014 brought a stream of technology-focused companies to the sharemarket. Jamie Gray looks at how things worked out for the new arrivals, and their investors. Back in 2013 and '14, the New Zealand Stock... Source: NZ Herald Business News
This Government is going to raise the minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2020. Anyone who has done Economics 101 knows the effects of a higher minimum wage. It will cause higher unemployment as firms reduce staff or some firms go under.... Source: NZ Herald Business News
There is plenty of work, the construction sector is looking strong and the medium-term outlook is good. There are plenty of drivers to underpin the positive outlook, such as a buoyant commercial sector, a housing shortage and leaky... Source: NZ Herald Business News