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NZX50 books its best month in six years, rebounds after horror third quarter
By Suze Metherell Nov. 2 (BusinessDesk) - The S&P/NZX 50 Index has booked its best month since the global financial crisis, climbing to record levels in October, as volatility in international markets abated, renewing the demand for returns on equities as low interest rates pe...

Blis Technologies in trading halt over product line 'quality issue' in foreign market
By Paul McBeth Nov. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Blis Technologies shares have been halted as the probiotic products maker investigates a quality issue in one of its lines that's reached a foreign market. The shares were halted ahead of trading today, with the Dunedin-based company l...

'Post-RMA' process looms as govt seeks new urban planning report
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 2 (BusinessDesk) - Entrenched government disquiet with current urban planning practice is behind a further Productivity Commission inquiry into regulation of urban land, which observers believe could see the Resource Management Act's planning functions...