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Christopher Adams: Punakaiki eyes fresh effort to raise cash
Undeterred by a failed initial public offering back in 2013, the Punakaiki Fund may shortly have another go at raising cash from everyday investors.
Christopher Niesche: Iron magnate's call to cap production a desperate bid
Iron ore baron Andrew Forrest likes doing things his own way.
Liam Dann: Enjoy sunny economic weather while it lasts
My bank has been harassing me to refix my mortgage. I've been getting reminders for a month and there is still another month to go before my current contract ends.
Mary Holm: Tertiary fees are not tax deductible
However, borrower who is running a business is not precluded from obtaining interest-free student loan.
Brian Gaynor: Our small NZX and why liquidity matters
Two of the more important characteristics of any stock exchange are size and liquidity.
Brian Fallow: If not our backyard, then where?
Economic growth, jobs and exports need recognition among the purpose and principles provisions of the Resource Management Act.
Jock Anderson's Caseload: Bain offers scope for fiction-writing ex-judge
Hon Ian Callinan AC QC has been appointed to conduct a fresh inquiry into Mr Bain's claim for compensation.
Stock Takes: CBL gears up for market float
CBL Insurance appears to be forging ahead with its sharemarket listing plans, with talk of a potential float raising as much as $120 million and valuing the company at $300 million to $400....
Paul Glass: Note of caution over reporting season results
Listed companies release their financial results to investors biannually, in a period informally known as the reporting season.
John Drinnan: Sky TV chief shrugs off breaking of the dam
After a long slow leak the dam has finally burst for Sky Television and its pay TV monopoly.
Christopher Niesche: German giant puts squeeze on competitors
German retailing giant Aldi has brought a new supermarket experience to Australian shoppers.
Liam Dann: Taxing of online purchases may be unpopular but it's a fair call
John Key's decision to weigh in on the debate about taxing of foreign online purchases seemed to come out of left field last week.
Bernard Hickey: Taxing times in the cloud
Bernard Hickey writes: John Key grappled this week with one of the toughest tasks any modern government has to deal with - how to tax the new economy.
Brian Gaynor: Confidence helping our economy power ahead
The December quarter 2014 gross domestic product statistics, released this week, show the economy was a top performer last year.
Mary Holm: Early KiwiSaver start looks well ahead
The main negative of KiwiSaver for kids is that the money is tied up until they buy a first home or retire, writes Mary Holm.
Diana Clement: Pays to check bank rates
Are zombies eating your bank interest? Zombie accounts are the ones that pay low interest rates - sometimes as low as zero.
Jock Anderson's Caseload: Bikkie ban boosts Law Society coffers
The ADSL has stopped losing money - due, in part, to savings made from a free chocolate biscuit ban.
Brian Fallow: Low inflation defies models
Remember inflation? The Reserve Bank estimates the annual inflation rate right now is zero. Zip, zilch, nada, none.
Stock Takes: Beingmate buy raises questions
It remains to be seen how, if at all, Fonterra will communicate the performance of its Chinese infant formula investment to farmers and unit holders in its NZX-listed shareholders' fund.
Inside Money: House prices weaken as global property trends converge - survey
New Zealand has zero affordable housing markets, according to the '11th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey'.
Juha Saarinen: Telco aid Ushahidi site for Vanuatu
Volunteers have set up a Ushahidi website to gather and coordinate offers of telecoms equipment for Vanuatu.
Robyn Pearce: Seize the moment
If we take the time to be present in the moment, we expand time – we have more of it.
Brent Sheather: University degrees - choose wisely
The lesson seems to be, today more than ever, when considering university education: choose carefully if employment is your objective.
Christopher Adams: Low-profile listings may prove solid rather than showy
Could 2015 go down in history as the year of the boring sharemarket listings?
KiwiSaver: Land legitimate use of first-home funds
If my husband and I purchase land using our KiwiSaver funds, can someone else build the house for us to live in or does the title of the house need to be in our names?