Food prices held steady in January and were up just 1 per cent on the same month last year.

The Shareholders' Association wants an explanation from NZOG over a share option scheme which could see its new CEO become a top-15 shareholder.

Investigator tells conference that Indian black money is sheltered in New Zealand.

A poor quarterly performance didn't stop Mainfreight posting a record nine-month profit.

The NZ share market fell at the open, with Mainfreight leading decliners after the trucking and logistics company reported flat volume growth.

The New Zealand dollar overnight recovered the ground it lost against the greenback last week.

LATEST: National will today consider giving workers Monday off whenever Anzac and Waitangi days fall on the weekend.

Rupert Murdoch will face hostile staff when he arrives in Britain seeking to end talk that the Sun could close following a string of arrests.

Making jewellery out of broken crockery was little more than a hobby for two Wellington mums. Then the Canterbury earthquakes changed everything.

Opus International has raised its dividend and remains on the acquisition trail after posting a double-digit increase in profit.

Specialist remuneration consulting firm Moyle Consulting has been bought out by competitor Strategic Pay.

World stocks rose after Greece's parliament passed drastic austerity measures to avoid a chaotic debt default.

Men tend to take on more risk than women when it comes choosing a KiwiSaver fund.

News that Greek politicians had signed the latest austerity measures into law gave equity and currency markets a boost.

Advertising space has made way for sweet nothings on mall billboards.

Ed Sullivan and Bob White are looking forward to their day in court and the chance to clear their names.

A chartered accountant who fraudulently gave himself a payrise has lost an appeal against his conviction.

Millions of dollars of goods from two former premier Christchurch hotels damaged in last year's deadly earthquake are now being sold in Invercargill.

Finance and business diary for the week ending February 17.

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch is frustrated by the delays of "pay-as-you-go" payments by insurers to repair quake damage, months after the port threatened legal action on the issue.