Our transtasman neighbour's experience gives valuable lessons for our policymakers and insights for investors, writes Mark Lister.

More Americans are abandoning the traditional career path and working just enough hours to pay the bills or pursue a passion.

Infrastructure has long been something of an old boys' club - but Lara Poloni, chief executive of AECOM Australia and New Zealand - says that times are changing.

After years of increases, New Zealand rents stalled last month, says Trade Me Property.

Here are some more time tips for working parents, following on from last week's article on how to reduce early-morning stress.

You've hired great people to work in your organisation and spent time and money training them. Now, how do you keep them there for as long as possible?

As with dress codes, some people need explicit guidance on office-kitchen etiquette.

As China guides its currency lower, it heightens default risks on foreign- currency debt and increases the odds of capital flight, which would slam stock prices.

Dame Malvina Major highlights a "blinding flash of insight" and how this changed her life forever.

Business confidence is being tested a bit by events including dairy price downturn, but there's a 'fundamental confidence' out there.

Robyn Pearce offers some proactive time management tips for working parents.

Finance Minister raises spectre of a reversal of fortune as latest REINZ figures shows median Auckland house sale price dropped $20,000 last month.

China surprised the world on Tuesday, announcing it would devalue its currency in a move likely to boost Chinese exports and support the country's flagging economic growth.

The reality is that there is no 9 to 5 any more. We are always connected, always on, always working.

I'd like to suggest a new business paradigm recognising "special" employees like me, because generally we're so vibrant, innovative and fun to have around, Paul Charman.

Finance Minister Bill English said today the Government would not be offering special financial support to dairy farmers in trouble because of low prices.

We are now virtually economic prisoners, forced to meet Chinese demand in order to retain a market that has become our life blood, writes Bryan Gould.

Average pay packages have gone up by almost $100 a month during the past year but not everyone has been lucky enough to get a rise, says an industry expert.

Roger Sharp talks to Henri Eliot in Singapore about his perspectives on corporate governance and the digital disruption.

Amid so much success in the tech industry, there is also a whiff of hubris - of which the lavish treatment of employees is just one symptom, writes Matthew Lynn.

It all started when a "self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout" wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.

The workplace is filled with opportunities to negotiate. The most important thing you can do is fully prepare, writes Joyce Russell.

The 'global savings glut theory' has been around since 2005 when US central banker Ben Bernanke started talking about it, writes Bernard Hickey.

Wal-mart has boosted wages, yet for some of the hundreds of thousands of workers getting no raise, there is rising dissent.

Karla L. Miller's advice column on how to deal with a boss who is very open in the workplace about his religious beliefs.

It is not only Southlanders who can breathe a sigh of relief that the Tiwai Pt smelter received a stay of execution this week, writes Brian Fallow.

Microsoft is improving its policies as the issue of gender equity gains greater prominence in the tech industry.

A key result from EY's recent global job creation survey indicates that 65 per cent of those aged between 18 and 25 plan to run their own business at some point: 27 per cent immediately and 38 per cent after working for someone else.

The New Zealand dollar gained against its trans-tasman counterpart after Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose.

Seven former Mike Pero Mortgages' franchisees have taken High Court action over restraint-of-trade obligations.