Greenpeace New Zealand, the local arm of the global environmental lobby group, spent more on national campaigns and lifted its contribution to head office after a jump in its fundraising surplus. The group’s 2012 annual report shows the net fund raising surplus rose to $5.4 million in calendar 2012, from $4.87 million a year earlier. That’s the second-best year for …

New Zealand computer system design companies pay more than twice the average wage and have recorded faster growth in pay that the rest of the economy, yet increasingly they’re reporting severe difficulties attracting workers. That’s one of the findings of the government’s information and communications technology sector report, released today. The percentage of computer system design firms reporting that it …

As US corporate earnings season accelerates this week, Citigroup has posted a 42 percent surge in quarterly profit, setting the stage for stocks to extend their year-to-date rally even amid mixed economic data. Shares of Citigroup gained, last up 2.1 percent, after the company reported quarterly earnings that exceeded expectations as revenue on stock trading jumped. In late afternoon trading …