The New Zealand dollar was little changed as investors mulled the significance of a weaker-than-expected US jobs report on Friday ahead of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s inaugural testimony in front of policymakers this week. The kiwi traded at 82.75 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 82.83 cents at 8am and 82.90 cents at the close of trading in …

Shares of Pacific Edge, which have soared almost 200 percent in the past 12 months, extended their gains after a deal was signed allowing its bladder cancer test to be used District Health Boards. The stock jumped 4.9 cents to $1.72 after the Health Innovation Hub, a government agency set up to allow technology innovations to be commercialised via the …

Clorox New Zealand, the local arm of the NYSE-listed bleach and Glad wrap maker, has extended a run of flat earnings, echoing the results of a parent company looking to emerging markets to drive growth in sales of household staples. Profit was $8.8 million in the 12 months ended June 30, 2013, little changed from a year earlier, according to …