The New Zealand dollar may fall this week on the risk that manufacturing figures from China and US payrolls will add to signs of global weakness and traders await decisions from the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank. The kiwi dollar recently traded at 84.97 US cents, from 84.75 cents on Friday in New York. It reached as high as …

Vector has won regulatory clearance to acquire Contact Energy’s gas metering business for $63 million in a deal that merges the two largest suppliers of metering services on the North Island’s reticulated natural gas distribution network. “Based on the information and evidence provided by the parties and our own investigation and analysis, it appears that there is limited competition between …

Telecom Corp, the country’s biggest telecommunications company, has bought local data centre firm Revera for $96.5 million as it looks to get greater coverage in the cloud and build IT services. The Auckland-based company will pay for Revera through its existing cash and borrowing lines, with the transaction expected to settle in May, it said in a statement. Revera reported …