Wellington, Aug 16 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar fell today along with a weak Australian dollar as news that Japanese growth slowed to a crawl added to worries about the pace of the global economic recovery.

Wellington, July 29 NZPA - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lifted the official cash rate (OCR) 25 basis points to 3 percent but caught financial markets on the hop by hinting it may pause in future due to the weakness of the recovery.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - Telecom shares rose 2.7 percent in a New Zealand sharemarket that posted a 0.245 percent gain as equity markets around the world found some composure at least for now.

Wellington, May 26 NZPA - The New Zealand stock exchange started the day strongly, after a 1.9 percent fall yesterday took the market's losses since its most recent high in mid-April to more than 10 percent.

Wellington, Feb 19 NZPA - Mainfreight Group's net profit has risen slightly to $29.5 million in the first nine months of the financial year, but the group says it has been hampered by subsidised competition from KiwiRail.

Wellington, Nov 17 NZPA - The New Zealand dollar started the week with a big step down and then went sideways. At 8am today the NZ dollar was worth US55.43c, down from US56.65c on Friday, and by 5pm it was US55.35c.