Job Market stories
New Zealanders increased their spending on credit and debit cards for a second month in March, led by an increase in consumables such as food and liqu.
New Zealand shares dipped, driven by Meridian's installment payment concerns, while newcomer Fliway Group fell below its offer price on its debut.
Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed fishing group, is in consultations with 232 staff who look likely to lose their jobs at the company's Christchur.
The Warehouse Group's CEO Mark Powell is officially stepping down some time before Feburary 2016, as part of the company's annual succession planning.
State-owned coal miner Solid Energy is preparing for more redundancies at its Stockton mine, near Westport, as slumping global prices for coking coal.
The New Zealand dollar may decline this week as the greenback strengthens on optimism the US economy is gearing up for interest rate rises.
Vocus Communications has announced Maxine Elliott has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Vocus NZ, effective March 3 2015.
Budget applauded as 'a welcome focus on strategic investment' with no shortage of good news of IT - but hold on to your tech staff.
Cisco's Board of Directors names Chuck Robbins as CEO, effective July 26; John Chambers will take on role of executive chairman.
Jabra has hired a new managing director with a 'proven track record' for the Australia and New Zealand region.
Marianne Ma, a 25 year old Microsoft New Zealand employee, has taken on the leadership role of Microsoft APAC business manager.
Akamai Technologies, the Content Delivery Network (CDN) services provider, has made significant additions to its team in APJ with senior appointments.
Emerson Network Power, has appointed Mark Deguara as director of Data Centre Solutions. Based in Sydney, Deguara will report to Robert Linsdell.
Wall Street fell, giving up earlier gains, as investors positioned themselves for the US corporate earnings season.
Zendesk, the software development company, has expanded its ANZ and Asia Pacific team with two new appointments and promoted a key team member.
US equities slid after a private jobs report showed slower-than-expected growth, prompting concern that the economy might not be a strong as previousl.
Zuora has appointed two new territory account executives based in Sydney to support sales momentum and account management for the company's ANZ growth.
Avaya has appointed Mike Ansley as its new president of the Asia Pacific region. He will lead business and be responsible for the entire area.
Brenton Smith, who previously headed up Symantec locally as managing director and vice president, Pacific, has reappeared at Dell, taking on a new rol.
Violin Memory, the flash storage provider, has a new country manager for Australia and New Zealand to aid expansion in this market.
