Carrying out your own repair jobs is a confidence-boosting way to save.

Tim Groser has a sales job in front of him after the Trans-Pacific Partnership kept the doors open wide to foreign investment in Auckland's red hot housing market.

There have been a large number of letters in the media over recent weeks from concerned KiwiSaver investors.

While we await the final text of the agreement it may be worth reflecting on the importance of the 90 per cent of the TPP iceberg below the surface of media attention, writes Brian Fallow.

Oaktree Capital is still backing MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon, amid persistent rumours of change at the top, writes John Drinnan.

How many equity crowdfunding platforms is too many equity crowdfunding platforms?

FRAN O'SULLIVAN: Geneva has the WTO. Brussels hosts the European Union. Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership put Auckland on the map?

I had an interesting experience a few days ago. I went to the letterbox to clear the mail and found a colourful postcard addressed to my dog.

ANZ's choice of Elliott to replace the outspoken Smith shows the board wants to stick with its Asian Strategy.

I telephoned the Head of Collections for Westpac Bank and asked her ", what do you read for business"?

Debbie Mayo-Smith talks about making more sales from your clients.

The move this year to drop KiwiSaver schemes from its list of qualifying overseas pension schemes comes with a tax hit for the unwary.

The Notice of Meeting and Independent Report for the acquisition of 50 per cent of Silver Fern Farms by Shanghai Maling are revealing.

Recapitalised meat processor's two chairmen hen Wei Ping and Rob Hewett will bring different values to Silver Fern Farms.

Brian Fallow asks, can the techniques economists use predict the winner of the Rugby World Cup? It is about quantifying the relative explanatory power of the variables.

Hollywood interests are believed to be behind at least one of the two contenders to develop an Auckland Council-backed film studio at Hobsonville, writes John Drinnan.

It seems bizarre that the man in charge of growing the economy is not right to the fore on such transactions, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Apple Watches have been on sale in New Zealand for the past two months, and I was finally able to try out the wearable device that everyone's talking about, writes Juha Saarinen.

The outlook looks grim for Pumpkin Patch so how did a company analysts thought could dominate the world get to this point?

Christopher Niesche writes: Myers is a far cry from the founder's early success story as 'mum-and-dad' retail investors head for the exits.

Do you want to be poor for the rest of your life? Your habits will dictate the answer far more than your earnings.

You may already have one savings scheme, but two can be even better.

China is poised to upgrade its ground-breaking free trade agreement with NZ but becoming in favour of NZ's dairy exporters will be problematic.

Maling's proposal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms reaffirms that Chinese investors are interested in New Zealand's rural and food-based assets.

Now that Apple has made styluses, sorry, pens, cool again with the iPad Pro, I'd be interested to hear how many of you actually use one.

Among inflation-targeting central banks, it is essential for inflation expectations to remain anchored to their inflation targets, writes Brian Fallow. Credibility on that point is their stock in trade.

High-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.

There's a department store in called Liberty and it contrasts so dramatically with what we have here in Australia.

Mary Holm looks at selling up rental properties, more than one super scheme and who owns an inheritance?

A wide range of businesses market their services by giving quotes to potential clients.