COMMENT: A future Capital Gains Tax (CGT) has been centrestage recently, and while it is only a recommendation at this stage, it raises questions of how it would affect relationship property settlements. Tax issues are usually... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones isn't waiting for his prized new "i-body" to begin before encouraging Treasury's expert advisers to think about innovative solutions for an estimated $500 million-$1 billion cost blowout... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: This week, Spark got a reality check as to what can happen when you advertise on YouTube, where algorithms feed viewers videos to keep them hooked on the site.That includes the YouTube algorithm recommending videos of... Source: NZ Herald Business News
A Christchurch-based brand of sunglasses has hit back at claims that its business name is objectionable, after the Companies Office refused the name.Leigh Pickering, owner of sunglasses brand "Happy To Sit On Your Face" says she... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Mainzeal creditors can find some satisfaction in a $36 million award, but the building company's collapse six year's ago still highlights "deep flaws" in the system, a construction lawyer says.The High Court has ruled that Mainzeal... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Shares in Comvita took a caning on the NZX yesterday after the manuka honey maker reported a loss for the first half, continuing on with what has been a string of earnings disappointments.By late afternoon the company's stock was... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Air New Zealand's slashing of regional air fares will see 750,000 seats a year available for less than $50.The national carrier has revealed cheaper fares on 41 domestic routes in what is the biggest shake up of prices in more than... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Opponents of a $10 million plan to build a 90.3m-long concrete structure into Auckland's harbour filed 283 submissions but backers filed 44 submissions in support, many saying the concrete extensions were crucial to the city's infrastructure.... Source: NZ Herald Business News
New Zealand shares fell, with several disappointments in the earnings season, as rental RV operator Tourism Holdings posted weaker than expected earnings, Vector warned on dividend growth and Gentrack downgraded its outlook.Still,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Spark is understood to have pulled all its advertising activity from YouTube in response to evidence of unsavoury content targeted at children.This move comes off a number of international reports exposing paedophilic content contained... Source: NZ Herald Business News