Halfway through the Government's financial year its deficit at just under $1 billion was $381 million smaller than forecast last December.

Rachel Farrant is used to being the only woman in the room, but says the door is open for more to join her.

We like feeling that the things that make us upset are considered upsetting by other people, as well.

Job security in Canada remains at elevated levels despite energy companies and retailers firing workers.

Robots can leave all future high-tech workers and, potentially, all future low-tech workers worse off.

New Zealand profit from the country's biggest general insurer, Insurance Australia Group, rose from $92 million to $193 million.

Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.

Praise people when they perform well and minimise your attention on activities you don't want them to focus on.

Zero-hour contracts work well for some people and stamping out some of the worst aspects that can come with them is better than the "overreaction" of a total ban, the Government says.

Investing is never easy. When things look cheap it's usually because the economic climate looks dicey and there are many things that could go wrong, like in 2008.

The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.

Many people start the new year thinking a change of job could be the key to a better 2015 - but sometimes it may be better to stay put.

As with most employment situations, there's a good way to tackle announcing you're leaving for your OE and a not-so-good approach.

The expected price for smaller Auckland homes is continuing to increase, with Trade Me reporting a 26.5 per cent jump for properties of one and two bedrooms.

Japan's economy expanded less than economists estimated in the fourth quarter, underlining the difficulty in stoking growth while export gains are undermined.

Suddenly, no one in politics seems willing to use these words, as if calling someone working class were an insult.

New Zealand Post will decrease deliveries of post to three days per week from July, costing 400 posties their job.

Office romances tend to be corrosive to office morale.

For US workers, the first 10 years in the labour market likely shape lifetime earning potential.

The lack of students leaving secondary school with Information and Communications Technology qualifications has been a concern for several years, however the Auckland Business Leaders Group says fixing it more urgent than ever.

Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.

Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.

Finance Minister Bill English has responded to a warning about a “sharp correction” in the housing market, saying that skyrocketing house prices “cannot go on forever”.

Leaders have been encouraged to show their vulnerable side. But can showing vulnerability actually work against you?

Does anybody believe the warning from the Governor of the Reserve Bank that Auckland house prices could crash, or in economic jargon, suffer a "sharp correction"?

The money printing by central banks of other nations is dribbling down into our housing market, writes Bernard Hickey.

Three iwi now have assets valued at $2.7b but in the next few years, 30 to 40 will emerge with that financial firepower, one expert says.