Default investments and focus on low fees are reducing returns, writes Brian Gaynor.

What makes some people steal from strangers and others give?

Lotto tickets may give ray of hope, but there are free competitions, write Mary Holm.

The demise of Woolworths' Australian hardware experiment, Masters, won't devastate too many customers, writes Bella Katz.

Taken at face value, the December quarter numbers are evidence that the labour market has tightened, in defiance of the forecasters, writes Brian Fallow. But that has yet to show up in the wages data.

Revamped TV3 news is rating well - even if it isn't yet living up to its multi-media billing, writes John Drinnan.

The year has got off to a bad start for portfolio investors with the world stock market having fallen by 10.8 per cent in US$ terms, writes Brent Sheather.

We get pushed more than we bargain for all the time, but we still have rights!

No more stolen moments wasted on an activity that isn't adding value to my life. Life is just too short to waste any of it, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

As China steps up efforts to maintain order in a slowing economic environment we may see more dramatic moves shaking things up in our part of the world.

Trade liberalisation is an ongoing process and there is still much for NZ to aim for.

Apple and other multinationals which derive profits from Australia have a duty to pay tax in this country, writes Christopher Niesche.

Making a movie about collateralised debt obligations and credit default swaps that is both compelling and accurate is quite some achievement.

Are you earning your share from the sharing economy? Thanks to websites such as Uber, Airbnb, Tutorly and YourDrive.co.nz, many Kiwis

Astute KiwiSaver decisions will deliver far more rewards over the longer term than any switch from one electricity retailer to another.

Small Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owner Bill Hale about growth aspirations.

Trying to quantify the gains from planned trade agreement is an exercise in futility, writes Brian Fallow. Trying to get a grip on the TPP's effects is about as easy as catching trout with your bare hands.

Australasian infant formula stocks have proved a pretty good bet lately.

COMMENT: No inflation, interest rates are set to fall again and the Government is promising a spend-up to make Auckland even cooler, writes Liam Dann.

Deep motivation and big picture thinking are at the heart of goalsetting, writes Robyn Pearce.

Brent Sheather talks over simplification.

This is a story about Countdown's owner and one of the biggest ever corporate bungles.

We are going to have to start thinking more radically about how we change the housing dynamic in Auckland, writes Liam Dann.