
Metro Glass announces strategic review, reiterates guidance
By Rebecca Howard Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Metro Performance Glass will put its business under the microscope as the glass products maker's management faces blowback from shareholders unhappy with their ability to grow earnings. Auckland-based Metro Glass said it will carr...

T&G Global looks to sell food processing T&G Foods unit
By Rebecca Howard Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) - T&G Global, the fruit marketing firm controlled by Germany's BayWa, wants to sell its food processing subsidiary T&G Foods as the apple processing business has been hurt by a decline in fruit volumes and a slide in apple juice concent...

NZ dollar heads for 0.7% weekly gain as US inflation data looms
By Rebecca Howard Oct. 13 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 0.7 percent weekly gain, having gone sideways in the local trading session as markets await US inflation data. The kiwi traded at 71.40 US cents as at 5pm versus 71.34 US cents as at 8am in W...

Jade Software appoints Charlotte Walshe as new CEO from mid-December
By Rebecca Howard Oct. 13 (BusinessDesk) - Jade Software has appointed Charlotte Walshe as its new chief executive, replacing Jason Court, who held the position on an interim basis after the company split into Jade Software and Jade Logistics in June. “We are delighted to...