Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - New Zealand multi-millionaire Stephen Jennings has taken the reins again at the private Moscow bank he founded 15 years ago.

Wellington, Feb 9 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket continued to lose ground, sliding more than half a percent today to reach levels last seen more than five months ago.

By Pam Graham of NZPA

Wellington, Nov 4 NZPA - A high-flying New Zealand banking executive says she was hounded out of her 250,000 pounds ($NZ578,000) a year job in London by sexist Japanese bosses.

Wellington, Sept 28 NZPA - A report on a merger of Port Otago and Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) by advisers Antipodes has been delayed from the signalled mid-October until late November.

Wellington, Aug 26 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar held today around 11-month highs against the greenback and reached a more than four month high against the Australian dollar. The NZ dollar was US68.68c at 5pm from US68.45c at 8am and US68.52c at 5pm yesterday.

Wellington, Aug 12 NZPA - Shayne Elliott, group managing director institutional for ANZ in Australia, has been appointed as a non-executive director of ANZ National Bank.

Wellington, July 15 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket posted gains today but they were modest compared to the Australian market. Brokers said the local market is directionless ahead of the June 30 balance date reporting season.

Wellington, June 17 NZPA - Juice company Charlie's says it has turned down offers for the business. The company confirmed that investment bank ABN Amro Craigs had helped its board in evaluating various approaches, The New Zealand Herald reported.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - Chinese appliance company Haier is being widely tipped to take up a sizeable shareholding in Auckland-based whiteware maker Fisher & Paykel Appliances.