Wellington, Aug 9 NZPA - Allied Farmers Ltd is halting a previously announced capital raising while it talks to the trustee of its finance unit Allied Nationwide Finance.

Wellington, Aug 6 NZPA - Allied Farmers Ltd's finance company has suspended its prospectus and is in talks with its trustee about a disputed breach of its trust deed finance ratios.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - GE Capital has promoted former managing director of retail, Skander Malcolm, as chief executive of GE Capital Australia and New Zealand.

Wellington, Jan 11 NZPA - Shares in Auckland Airport fell today on news of an investment in Australia while shares in Infratil rose on news of a divestment in Australia.

Wellington, Jan 11 NZPA - Auckland Airport is looking to boost international passenger numbers through its Auckland operations on the back of a $A132.8 million ($NZ166m) deal to buy a stake in airports in north Queensland.

Wellington, Jan 11 NZPA - Shares in Auckland Airport fell when the New Zealand sharemarket opened for the week, after the company announced a deal to buy stakes in Cairns and Mackay airports in Queensland.

Wellington, Nov 4 NZPA - Westpac is underlining its commitment to New Zealand after a "challenging and disappointing" year in which the bank's cash earnings halved to $236 million.

Wellington, Nov 4 NZPA - Westpac's New Zealand division reported its cash earnings halved to $236 million in the year to September.

Wellington, Sept 7 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar bumped along a plateau today, before its latest attack on the US69c resistance level petered out, again.

Wellington, July 10 NZPA - Westpac Bank has failed to persuade the Supreme Court to reverse a decision in lower courts which cleared a solicitor of liability in a mortgage fraud which cost the bank $180,000.