Wellington, Feb 26 NZPA - ANZ New Zealand, New Zealand's largest bank, is encouraged by a lift in profit in the December 2009 quarter compared with the September quarter, in line with the emerging economic recovery.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - APN News & Media, publisher of The New Zealand Herald, is reporting an improvement in advertising revenue for its publishing business in this country in the final three months of 2009.

Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Contact Energy is reporting a big jump in reported profit for the six months to the end of December, but its underlying earnings after tax were barely changed from a year earlier at $80.1 million.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - State-owned Mighty River Power said its diversified generation strategy helped it post a solid half-year result.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - The sale of Shell's New Zealand service stations to Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund may be weeks rather than months away.

Wellington, Feb 16 NZPA - Wellington retailer Kirkcaldie & Stains believes it will be more than a year before the retail market recovers from the economic recession as it weathers losses from its CBD store.

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, Feb 4 NZPA - People should not panic about the highest unemployment rate in a decade as there are signs the economy is starting to improve, Prime Minister John Key said today.

Wellington, Feb 3 NZPA - Smiths City Group Ltd expects to open a new store in Upper Hutt by March, creating eight to ten jobs in addition to the 14 created at its new store in the Porirua Mega Centre, which opened before Christmas.

Wellington, Feb 1 NZPA - A majority of retailers are not surcharging people using their Mastercard or Visa cards, according to the Newmarket Business Association.