SBS Bank lifted first-half net profit 49% as charges against profit for bad loans fell 21% and after strong growth in net interest income.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/sbs-bank-lifts-first-half-net-profit-49-jr-p-197211

The share market caned a couple of companies last week even though they reported strong first-half results.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/fp-healthcare-metro-glass-shares-caned-despite-strong-results-jr-p-197215

A2 Milk is planning to launch several adult nutrition products in the new year which it says have the potential to outsell its exponentially growing infant formula.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/a2-says-new-adult-nutrition-products-could-be-bigger-infant-formula-jr-p-197216

Lower hutt City Council CEO Tony Stalinger has the latest on quake damage to Queensgate mall by National Business Review

China is taking every opportunity to pick up the initiative on world trade policy in the post-Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) environment.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/editors-insight-trump-towers-smoke-signals-snuff-out-white-house-trade-legacy

Shareholders at Warehouse Group’s [NZX:WHS] annual meeting were updated on the company’s fresh three-year strategy to get back to retail basics.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/warehouse-warns-sluggish-financial-services-could-impair-goodwill-cs-p-197183

A new report suggests New Zealand internet service providers are performing far better than Australia’s.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/nz-isps-leaving-australias-dust-cg-p-197176

Rob Hosking on Quake affected security & defence HQ: "The Five Eyes Alliance is more Four Eyes and a broken white stick."

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/kaikoura-quake-aftermath-another-wellington-shrug

John Bowie on Murray Tingey's departure from Bell Gully

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/briefcase-bell-gullys-departure

On the closing day for submissions on the Commerce Commission’s draft rejection of the proposed merger between Fairfax New Zealand and NZME, a group of former newspaper editors have publically released their missive to the competition watchdog.

Read more ($): https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/eleven-ex-editors-take-aim-‘stuffme’-merger-ng-p-197188