BurgerFuel has opened its first store in Egypt, a new front in the fast-growing Kiwi food brand's Middle East expansion.

Auckland International Airport plans to sell $150 million of seven-year bonds that will trade on the NZX, completing the long-term debt funding of last month's capital return.

Some of Twitter's biggest investors are hanging on to their shares, even as restrictions on selling the shares are set to lift.

NZX listing candidate and software company Gentrack said it had appointed Graham Shaw and Andy Coupe as independent directors.

The country's next batch of aspiring entrepreneurs have been given a crash course on the realities of business in Auckland this week.

In the conservative world of company boardrooms, the notion of directors signing up to Twitter and having followers is contrary to their traditional role.

Abano is mulling the extraordinary meeting request from rebel shareholders who want to dump Trevor Janes as chairman and refresh the board.

The brinksmanship between Abano Healthcare and two shareholders owning 19 per cent of the company continues.

A 2013 McKinsey survey asking board members where they would most like to spend additional time found two out of three picked strategy.

Goodbye, momentum. Technology companies had a relatively easy time marketing initial public offerings while stock markets were steadily rising.

A rebel shareholder group has launched a campaign to unseat Abano Healthcare chairman, Trevor Janes, in a coordinated attack that also questions decisions by NZX Regulation and a valuation by investment house Grant Samuel.

Restaurant Brands posted a 23% rise in profit after it boosted sales even as increased rivalry forced it to cut prices.

Xero boss Rod Drury says the company's $210m of cash means it can ignore mounting concerns over tech stocks and continue to "drive its business".

The Justice Department is investigating whether traders using ultra-fast computer algorithms are violating insider-trading laws.

NZF Group faces liquidation after the resignation of its auditor scuttled a proposal for a restructure, and left the board with no option but to liquidate the company.

Cloud software firm Xero has joined forces with giant KPMG to provide accounting and tax services to SMEs in the United Kingdom.

Kiwis who accepted low-ball share offers sold their investments at $290,000 below market value in the year to February, despite rules aiming to limit the practice.

The technology company started by Kim Dotcom is heading for the New Zealand sharemarket with a valuation of $210 million.