Apple’s new watch, a report on US retail sales, and the European Central Bank’s new quantitative easing programme will take centre stage this week. On Friday, a much better-than-expected US payrolls report fuelled expectations the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as early as June. Employers added 295,000 jobs in February, while the unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 percent, …

Fliway Group, the independent transport and logistics provider, is seeking to raise between $27.3million and $44.5 million through the first initial public offering on the NZX this year. The prospectus to be registered this afternoon is expected to value the company at around $70 million to $75 million. The 18-year-old company is owned by Duncan Hawkesby, the son of former …

New Zealand’s wholesale trade grew for a third quarter in the final three months of 2014, with increased activity for apparel, pharmaceuticals and furniture leading the expansion. Seasonally adjusted sales rose 0.3 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31, slowing from the 0.6 percent pace in September, and rounding out a third quarter of growth, according to Statistics New …