IRD has wound up five companies connected to Rickhil Prakash in the past three years, which together owe the tax department $15m for unpaid GST.
Earshot's James Bell-Booth wants to grow global sales and raise up to $2 million from institutional investors.
Latest accounts report a book value of $317m for NZ-based trans-Tasman group Up Education.
The a2 Milk Co led the benchmark higher as China eyes softer yuan.
But ComCom is considering amendments after admitting coding errors in its input methodologies calculations.
