Wellington, Oct 18 NZPA - AMP is advocating a taxation regime which encourages retirees to manage KiwiSaver so it provides an income stream in retirement.

Wellington, Oct 14 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket started well and pushed on as world markets rallied and brokers talked of a building momentum.

Wellington, Oct 5 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket slipped in opening trading this morning, as The Warehouse was asked to explain yesterday's star performance. The benchmark NZX-50 index, which finished yesterday up at 3228.92, was down 5.714 points, to 3223.203 at 10.15am today.

Wellington, Oct 1 NZPA - The Newmarket Business Association is welcoming the return of ownership of a 5.2ha brewery site in Newmarket, Auckland, to Lion Nathan Ltd.

Wellington, Sept 30 NZPA - Lion Nathan Ltd is taking back the 5.2ha brewery site in Newmarket it sold three years ago but is still moving to a new brewery in South Auckland.

Wellington, Sept 13 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose in early trading as positive US data continued to fuel overseas investors' optimism. Around 10.15am, the benchmark NZX-50 index was up 5.610 points, or 0.177 percent, at 3166.607.

Wellington, Sept 9 NZPA - Telecom shares ended down 5.16 percent today after the company failed to get the first bite at the Government's ultra-fast broadband cherry and the fall proved a drag on the market as a whole.

Wellington, Sept 3 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose for a third consecutive day but trading was tentative ahead of tonight's non-farm payroll report in the United States.

Wellington, Aug 27 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket ended lower today as profit announcements continued to flow and investors pondered the future of South Canterbury Finance, which has listed debt securities now on trading halt.

Wellington, Aug 13 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted modest gains from a flat start today against a backdrop of improved regional markets but volume was again light.