Wellington, Dec 31 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket had a sleepy start to its final session of the year, with little trading activity. The benchmark NZSX-50 index was barely changed after the opening 15 minutes -- down 0.8 point to 3220.11.

Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - Jeweller Michael Hill has won another award for achievement in business -- the Beacon Award from the New Zealand Shareholders' Association.

By Pam Graham of NZPA Wellington, June 29 NZPA - Fonterra and movers of aggregate, fuel and logs are among the companies expected to chase productivity gains -- estimated to be up to 20 percent -- from using heavier trucks.

Wellington, June 4 NZPA - Telecom has reported 25,000 sales of mobile handsets and SIM cards for its new XT network in the five days since its launch on Friday. The sales had exceeded its most optimistic targets, the company said today.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - Shares in transport group Mainfreight fell 15c to 475 in early trading after the company reported full year net profit before abnormals of $40 million.

Wellington, May 28 NZPA - Transport group Mainfreight reported full year net profit before abnormals of $40 million, almost on a par with the previous year's record of $40.8 million.

Wellington, April 17 NZPA - KiwiRail is under renewed pressure from logistics companies to charge its former trucking business the same rate as everyone else.

Wellington, March 9 NZPA - Mainfreight director Richard Prebble is selling shares in the logistics company, reluctantly he says.

Wellington, Feb 27 NZPA - Salvus Strategic Investments Ltd today attributed its $6.3 million loss in the six months to December 31 to unrealised losses on investments. The loss compared to a $161,000 profit in the same period last year.

Wellington, Feb 25 NZPA - Christchurch company Cookie Time is hiring staff and taking on the US market in the depths of an economic crisis with its familiar creative marketing flourish.