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

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

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

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.

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

Economics editor Brian Fallow says today's business opinion survey shows we've passed the peak of economic growth.

Chris Barton says he remains perplexed as to how Apple has managed to create an army of fanatical fans.

Graham McGregor with couple of suggestions for online marketplaces that can help you with your marketing.

Activities like masters-level sport increase our quality of life as we get older.

Craig Elliffe writes: The officials' paper indicates an exemption will apply when you inherit a property from a deceased estate or have transferred as part of the property settlement.

Hamish Fletcher says he FMA, after some law changes, now has the tools that allow it to proactively stamp out misleading conduct in the market.

A reader asks: Shouldn't a solicitor have funds for reimbursing a KiwiSaver fund if a contract is cancelled after a non-refundable deposit has been paid?

What should be done with KiwiSaver pots once they're free to be dipped into at 65? This issue is rapidly creeping up on KiwiSavers and the Govt, writes Bernard Hickey.

Whether you want to book tickets to an event, pay for a carpark or buy a movie ticket online, fees and charges are sucking you dry, Diana Clement writes.

Foreign firms are believed to get more than half the grants made by NZ On Air, writes John Drinnan.

Advice released under the Official Information Act reveals a Treasury sceptical of the case for targeting high-LVR investors in Auckland, writes Brian Fallow.

Jock Anderson takes a look behind the scenes of the legal profession.

The dual-listed outdoor apparel retailer has hired Goldman Sachs as its adviser and there will almost certainly be push-back on the pricing of the deal.

How a hair salon used a simple database exercise to drastically increase sales, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the NZX purchasing the investment administration business known as Apteryx.

We like to think of ourselves as an innovative bunch with a history of solving difficult problems with No 8 fencing wire.

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen on government spy agencies cracking security software in order to hack and surveil targets.

Emails can be amazing at time-saving, but can also be incredibly time- and money-wasting.

New Zealand businesses should keep their nerve as international markets are spooked by the Chinese sharemarket sell-off, the closure of Greek banks and even a signal by Puerto Rico that it cannot pay....

The Greek Government is playing a dangerous game of chicken with the European creditors they owe a lot of money to.