Wellington, March 19 NZPA - Scott Technology Ltd has changed the allotment date for its one-for-10 non-taxable bonus issue to March 26 from March 31 at the request of the New Zealand Stock Exchange.

Wellington, Feb 11 NZPA - Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd, the largest distributor of steel and allied products in New Zealand, suffered an 85 percent fall in first-half profit and is signalling only a gradual improvement.

Wellington, Oct 29 NZPA - NZX-listed delivery and transport company Freightways made $7 million profit for the September quarter, despite a decline in revenue of 5 percent.

Wellington, June 8 NZPA - James Miller, an ABN Amro Craigs executive, is joining the board of lines company Vector Ltd. The appointment was announced by chairman Michael Stiassny and takes the number of board members to eight.

Wellington, May 8 NZPA - Sir Ron Brierley's Guinness Peat Group is adopting a wait-and-see attitude to a bid by New Zealand share market operator NZX Ltd for an Australian share market operator.

Wellington, May 8 NZPA - New Zealand share market operator NZX Ltd is seeking to take control of NSX Ltd, the operator of a market for small and medium sized companies in Australia.

Wellington, March 23 NZPA - Resin manufacturer Nuplex has confirmed its earnings guidance of $43 million for the second half of 2009 and says a rights issue will be enough to reduce its debt to a manageable level.

Wellington Feb 26 NZPA - Software company Diligent Board Member Services today announced an $US11.8 million ($NZ23.5 million) operating loss for the 2008 financial year. Diligent produces Diligent Boardbooks, a web-based system to simplify board meeting materials.

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - The New Zealand Stock Exchange has placed a halt on trading stocks in Australasian brewing giant Lion Nathan. The trading halt will remain in place until the announcement is made to the stock exchange.

Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused Contact Energy's directors of "greed" and says its recently announced price hike is "completely unjustified" extortion.