COMMENT: A daughter living abroad should be encouraged to face up and repay the money she owes, writes Mary Holm.

COMMENT: Free-to-air networks are fighting for a bigger share of diminishing TV advertising revenue, and drama is at the costly edge of that battle.

LIAM DANN: Homeowners may already be subsidising farmers as banks eye big losses in the dairy sector.

COMMENT: Graham McGregor talks three valuable marketing lessons to apply to your business.

COMMENT: Next Wednesday will be another major milestone in the NZ dairy industry. Dairy giant Fonterra will unveil its latest results.

Debbie Mayo-Smith shares her thoughts on when its OK to be a workaholic.

Hang a target to hit for what you'll need in the future, writes Tom Hartmann.

COMMENT: Property investment is looming as a major battleground at Australia's election later this year.

COMMENT: It's Friday morning, the day after the Reserve Bank Governor's bombshell rate cut and I've muddled my diary.

COMMENT: Yes, you're right that it's really important to consider not raw interest rates but how they compare with inflation.

BRIAN FALLOW: An increasingly sombre view of the global economy lies behind the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the official cash rate.

Why did a row involving Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee challenging Willie Jackson wind up before a Crown entity, asks John Drinnan.

Debbie Mayo-Smith talks the benefits of working when you don't have to.

It is incomprehensible Fonterra's board could have persistently got it so wrong.

What proven marketing templates can you find that would be useful in your own business?

Here's a synopsis of current market thinking: governor doesn't want to cut rates but he will have to cut because the world's so gloomy, writes Liam Dann.

Your new lens on the world debuts this week.

Having an early morning routine enables you to accomplish so much more in business and life, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

The NZX reporting season clearly demonstrates that the domestic corporate sector is in good shape, writes Brian Gaynor.

Brent Sheather talks about the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

Dick Smith, founder of the soon-to-be defunct retailer that carries his name, could have chosen better timing to have a pop at Harvey Norman.

For lawyer Michael Brick, the workplace is the downtown Auckland office of Seattle-based Microsoft.

Employers are among the stakeholders the Productivity Commission wants to hear from as it sets about a wide-ranging inquiry into tertiary education.

MediaWorks is taking initiatives to improve its on-demand offering on 3Now.

Australian social enterprise Thankyou Group is expanding to New Zealand.

Juha Saarinen talks ransomware and what not to do if you are hit with the disruptive cyber attack.

Graham McGregor talks finding a 'better way' to sell.

Peter Lyons writes about one of his favourite teaching experience, where he helped a group of students make an investment.

Like Mick Jagger heading back out on tour, corporate raider Ron Brierley rides again, writes Liam Dann.

It's mathematically impossible, but we get told we can save by spending all the time.