It's human nature to think of life as linear. There's a starting point, a journey and then an end point. We're born, we live, we die.

I've edited your long letter, which went into more detail about how hard it was to get a clear picture of fees, commissions and so on. I agree that's poor.

Auckland QC Paul Edmund Dacre - who led the fatally flawed prosecution of John Banks - is not out of the fire, writes Jock Anderson.

Exactly where does the housing ladder lead, asks Brian Fallow - to financial security, or to years and years of debt servitude?

NZ On Air will decide on Wednesday whether to fund a new 5:30pm soap opera which TV3 hopes will help boost ratings for 3News, writes John Drinnan.

The Chinese market crash and new rules combine to make investors look further afield.

Liam Dann says axing 523 jobs may make financial sense to Fonterra's chiefs but the dairy slump is bigger than that.

KiwiSaver auto-enrolment could capture an extra 220,000 members above benchmark levels, writes David Chaplin.

Robyn Pearce's tips on managing information in our modern offices and basic layout considerations.

...and why Labour is swinging at wrong political football, writes David Chaplin.

Graham McGregor's weekly marketing tips on how to improve your business.

The Government's submission to the "Re:think" tax white paper process under way in Australia highlights the lack of mutual recognition of imputation credits as the most significant barrier....

When it comes to increasing diversity on boards, we often hear that the best person for the job should be chosen, Tracy Hickman.

And some we’re not. Here’s where most people get caught out with money.

Debbie Mayo-Smith's free and easy tips presented to the rural contractor association but with relevance for many businesses.

Younger people often seem to have a natural understanding of how people are engaging in the marketplace writes Liam Dann.

It's impossible to know where the rout of Chinese stocks will end but there's little doubt its effects will wash over Australia one way or another, says Christopher Niesche.

Investment expert Mark Lister looks at whether our "rock star economy" is headed for recession.

Increased IPO activity is a clear sign of an overvalued market, writes Brian Gaynor.

One reader thinks he's cracked it through by topping up monthly KiwiSaver losses and at lower prices.

Rejection of hardship withdrawal applications and problems with first-home buying generate many complaints to watchdogs, writes Diana Clement.

Watching Nokia's device division being dismembered by its current owner Microsoft is pretty horrible, writes Juha Saarinen.

With half of 2015 done and dusted, it's probably a good time to take stock of the sharemarket's winners and losers in the year to date.

John Campbell's image is flying high, though in this employment market you would have to be careful about turning down too many options, writes John Drinnan.

Jock Anderson remembers the late Sir Ronald Davison and takes a look behind the scenes of the legal profession.

Is the emissions-reduction target the Government announced this week ambitious, as it says, or feeble and inadequate, as its critics say?

If the turmoil knocks domestic confidence and with it internal domestic demand there will be a spillover effect, writes Fran O'Sullivan. The Chinese Government is a significant buyer of NZ Government bonds.

While playing grannie I had to fit in a few hours of my own work. This is what happened, writes Robyn Pearce.

Fran O'Sullivan reflects on Craig Norgate - a man with much more to him than mere business.

As the inventor of texting passes away, Juha Saarinen looks back at the humble beginnings of SMS and its capabilities.