Investors await the official view on whether the US will start winding back its $US85 billion a month asset purchases this year.

Auckland tufting operation relocation will result in some redundancies.

Christchurch City has finally adopted a proposal to clear consents backlog.

A loss of $651,000 posted in the year ended October 31, down from $849,000 a year earlier.

The loss for the local unit of the biggest US tyre maker is the biggest since 2006.