Wall Street is at record highs, backed by the US Federal Reserve’s ongoing commitment to providing easy money to help accelerate the economic recovery, and investors will be looking to a flurry of fresh data to provide further impetus. Today, investors will eye the release of the latest China manufacturing purchasing managers’ index to gauge if the world’s second largest …

Diligent Board Member Services, the governance app maker which was forced to restate its financial statements, posted a 58 percent rise in first quarter profit as it increased the number of Diligent Boardbooks users. Profit jumped to US$1.94 million in the three months ended March 31, from US$1.23 million a year earlier, the New York-based and locally listed company said in a statement. First quarter …

SeaDragon, which manufactures fish oil for health supplements, expects to more than double annual sales as two squalene contracts worth US$6 million boost revenue in the second half. The Nelson-based company’s two contracts to supply squalene, an oil refined from shark’s liver, will bring combined gross sales to US$6 million for the year starting Oct. 1, and chief executive Ross Keeley told BusinessDesk he …