Wellington, July 19 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket tumbled in early trading, with Fletcher Building down 1 percent to a five-month low, after equities dived in the United States on Friday (local time).

Wellington, June 4 NZPA - The Government's new environmental protection agency (EPA) -- which will take over the nation's genetic-engineering regulator and be expected to protect our oceans from seabed mining catastrophes -- may turn out to be a toothless tiger, critics say.

Wellington, May 11 NZPA - The Commerce Commission warned Kiwibank and HSBC about the formulas the two banks used to work out mortgage break fees until the middle of last year.

Wellington, May 6 NZPA - The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by elderly Blue Chip investors Bruce and Dorothy Bartle, and said that loans they took out to buy an apartment in Auckland were oppressive.

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - GE Capital is launching its Pacific Premium Funding business in New Zealand. GE's existing insurance premium funding business in New Zealand will be rolled into the new Pacific Premium Funding operations, the company said in a statement.

Wellington, March 26 NZPA - GE Capital has named Aaron Baxter as managing director of GE Money, New Zealand. He replaces Greg White, who is returning to Australia to a new role as managing director of retailer solutions at GE Capital Australia and New Zealand.

Wellington, Oct 8 NZPA - Westpac Banking Corp copped a near billion dollar tax bill today, which some people believe may have ramifications for the cost of credit in New Zealand.

I’ve got a nasty secret. One of those kinds that I’ve been silently ignoring hoping it would go away without too much hard work. My nasty secret is debt and unfortunately due to compound interest (ie paying interest on top of interest), it certainly doesn’t go away easily!