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More than China option in SF play

Will a Kiwi white knight emerge to fully recapitalise Silver Fern Farms, or will Chinese interests emerge as 50-50 partners with a New Zealand consortium to take the company forward?

Lowdown on high-risk KiwiSaver funds

A reader asks Mary Holm: Is it true I could lose all my KiwiSaver fund if the investment crashed?

John Drinnan: TV3 blame game a cop-out - TVNZ

TVNZ chief executive puts a new twist on TV3 assertions that its news ratings slump has been caused by losing the rights to Home and Away to TVNZ.

Caseload: Holding court for one last fling

After 68 weekly columns of irreverent fun, frivolity, jolly japes and an occasional fact or two, CaseLoad is spiked from the NZ Herald as of today, writes Jock Anderson.

Brian Fallow: Bad to worse - the Euro-future

Brian Fallow speaks to a New Zealand-based analyst who sees the EU sliding into paralysis and inevitable decay.

Robyn Pearce: Can efficiency be taught?

"Efficiency is a life-long discipline, and not everyone has it or can learn it," says Robyn Pearce's wise old aunt.

Fran O'Sullivan: Flag chance to mark identity

Iconic Kiwi businessman Lloyd Morrison would have been pleased to see New Zealanders now have four new options to weigh up should the vote be in favour of changing the flag, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Brent Sheather: The reluctant regulators

Three keys to successful marketing

Graham McGregor takes a look at what he thinks are some of the keys to marketing success.

Brian Gaynor: What is going on in China?

What is going on in China and why is it having such a profound impact on world financial markets?

Fran O'Sullivan: CEO leaves mayor on sideline

Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town is displaying all the hallmarks of a bureaucratic stealth bomber.

Mary Holm: Care costs can eat at savings

Your advice to retirees to get out there and live it up - and not worry about investing money, or putting it into term investments - is probably a good idea.

Mary Holm: Is it OK for retirees to live it up?

Mary Holm responds to readers financial questions - should old people spend the money and live it up?

Brian Fallow: China pays the price of change

Slip-ups are no surprise, given the vast reforms the country is going through, Brian Fallow writes. As China has contributed about a third of global economic growth in recent years, few are immune from the effects of its slowdown.

John Drinnan: TVNZ sniffs out joint ventures

Privatisation is unlikely, but the Government is looking at other ways for TVNZ to get friendly with the private sector, writes John Drinnan.

Mark Lister: Rich pickings among the chaos

Many of us wouldn't be brave enough to invest any money when things look as precarious as they have lately, writes Mark Lister. We would sit on the sidelines and wait until things looked safe agai

Juha Saarinen: Fascinating insight into Internet of Things

The internet of Things - IoT - is a marketing buzz-term, but the whole thing will be upon us sooner rather than later, writes Juha Saarinen.

Liam Dann: China crisis - how worried should we be?

Business editor Liam Dann looks at just how much of a concern the China market crash should be for us here in New Zealand.