Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket rose only fractionally today, with little sign that local traders had been much buoyed by expectations that the US Federal Reserve will take further measures to stabilise America's economic recovery, essentially by printing money.

Wellington, Sept 29 NZPA - Silver Fern Farms says it will repay five-year bonds which mature on December 15, 2010 a month early.

Wellington, Sept 22 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar rose today as the US dollar eased against a range of currencies after the Federal Reserve opened the door for further quantitative easing.

Wellington, Sept 17 NZPA - A measure of consumer confidence has fallen back to levels similar to those at the start of the year, but after the shocks of recent weeks consumers are showing more resilience than expected.

Wellington, Sept 15 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar surged against the yen after the Bank of Japan intervened to knock its currency down, but this market is also braced to see if the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will pause in raising interest rates tomorrow and for how long.

Wellington, Sept 13 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar pushed to a five-week peak above US73c today as it continued to be swept along by a surge in global risk appetite but it finished off its best levels.

Wellington, Sept 6 NZPA - Banks have announced a range of packages to help customers affected by the earthquake in Christchurch at the weekend.

Wellington, Sept 6 NZPA - Banks have announced a range of packages to help customers affected by the earthquake in Christchurch at the weekend.

Wellington, Sept 1 NZPA - A day after falling in reaction to the collapse of South Canterbury Finance the New Zealand dollar rose in reaction to strong economic data in Australia and China. The NZ dollar was at US70.19c at 5pm from US69.72c at 8am and US70.30c at 5pm yesterday.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - Hellaby Holdings Ltd has reported a 11.8 percent rise in annual earnings before interest and tax on a 4.8 percent fall in revenue and is raising $28.4 million of new capital via a rights offer.