Some textile jobs are coming back from Asia to the US after companies are finding it cheaper to produce goods in the South.

The jobless rate is up as the number of new jobs created fails to keep pace with an expanding population.

Mr Key said Solid Energy had $300 million of outstanding debt and was in a "precarious position".

Business appears to be slow at the Mercedes-Benz showroom in the Jing'an district of Shanghai.

Sleep disorder device supplier Resmed will acquire Curative Medical in a move it says will give it a leadership position in the Chinese market.

Nike gave CEO Mark Parker a huge stock award on the condition that he work for the company for the next five years.

New Zealand's services sector, which accounts for about two-thirds of the economy, was at its most buoyant level in 11 months in June.

New Zealand manufacturing activity increased in June, snapping three months of decline, as a weaker dollar supported exporters in the sector.

The NZX-listed tap and shower manufacturer unveiled the target at its annual general meeting in Auckland today.

The NZ-founded carbon recycling company is shifting into commercialisation from its previous development phase.

On a recent trip to Germany, Grant Bradley checked out one of the most advanced automotive factories in the world.

A San Francisco startup has developed a synthetic alternative to spider silk by engineering identical proteins.

Lawmakers and activists say a company shouldn't be allowed to profit from water as drought spreads across Oregon.

Metro Performance Glass, which has more than half of New Zealand's glass processing market, reported profit ahead of its prospectus forecast, but lower than expected revenue.

The economy is expected to grow at about 3 per cent a year out to 2017, driving jobs growth and reducing unemployment, says the NZIER.

The $3 million factory is being opened as Pitango increases production and looks to boost exports.

Buying a Chinese factory has helped push tapmaker Methven's profits up 21pc.

Rakon is back in profit, while doubling its debt and turning to a negative cash outflow.

Fisher & Paykel Appliance Holdings, the Auckland-based manufacturer and consumer credit company owned by China's Haier Group, is considering selling its finance operations after being approached....

China Steel Corp has green-lighted Kiwi-founded LanzaTech's first commercial plant.

The New Zealand service sector, which makes up about two-thirds of the economy, expanded in March, after a drop in February, led by gains in new orders and stocks/inventories.

An heir of one of the world's richest families is banking on laboratory-grown meat as the next big industry of the future.

Cotton On's newly ratified collective agreement gives substantial improvements in wages and working conditions.

Fashion retail chain Cotton On has backed down on a plan to have employees individually negotiate a tea and lunch break.

High street fashion chain Cotton On has become the first company to attempt to invoke the Government's 'tea break' law, First Union claims.

New Zealand's economy grew 0.8 per cent in the last three months of 2014, led by retail and accommodation, Statistics New Zealand said today.