Nona Pelletier

Business confidence has spread beyond the major centres, as small and medium-sized New Zealand businesses record their best sales numbers in five-years. Audio

The Financial Markets Authority is giving priority to ensuring financial disclosure documents are easier to read and provided to investors in a timely manner. Audio

Sky Television's share price fell as much as 3 percent yesterday after it said it has lost the rights to broadcast the US PGA golf, the European PGA Tour, and the Asian Tour. Audio

Heartland New Zealand, has taken a 10 percent stake in New Zealand's only peer-to-peer lending platform. Audio

One of New Zealand's largest investment property companies is developing its new Westgate retail mall with the future of retailing in mind. Audio

The fast food chain, BurgerFuel Worldwide, has big plans to grow its business in Australia and the United States, over the next 12-to-18 months. Audio

Wellington's premier department store, Kirkcaldie & Stains says it expects to report a full year, pre-tax loss from its retail business of just over 1-million dollars. Audio

The TradeMe founder, Sam Morgan, clearly won't be putting his hand up for shares in A-P-N News & Media's New Zealand assets. Audio

The pace of growth in online retail spending picked up in July, as the popularity of shopping on overseas websites continues to grow. Audio

Nervousness about the high kiwi dollar and difficulty in finding staff are contributing to a decline in business confidence. Audio

Kiwi Rail says it posted an annual net loss of 248 million dollars or the year ended June, up from a 175 million dollar loss last year. Audio

A2 Milk's annual financial result was less than the market was hoping for, but its share price was steady after the company briefed analysts on its strategic direction. Audio

SLI Systems subscription-based revenue grew 29 percent in the year ended June, which is 11 percent faster than the market it serves. Audio

Tourism Holdings is confident sales and profits will continue to grow following a better than expected result for the year ended June. Audio

New Zealand's trade balance turned to a 692-million-dollar deficit in July, from June's surplus of 242-million dollars. Audio

The Australian-based, accounting software company, MYOB, has reported a record first-half financial result. Audio

Sky Network Television's full-year net profit rose almost 21 percent, due in part to it gaining more customers and charging higher fees for the range of program packages it offers. Audio

July was a bleak month for job advertising, according to an ANZ survey with ads falling a near 2 percent, in seasonally adjusted terms. Audio

The Federal Reserve has hinted that a strong jobs market recovery in the United States could lead to it raising interest rates, earlier than it had been anticipating. Audio

The head of Fletcher Building says the company is well positioned to take advantage of continued growth in the New Zealand market, though he is less positive about the opportunities in Australia. Audio