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Fran O'Sullivan: Milk price could sour English's optimism
Rock star to rock bottom? That's not where the New Zealand economy is heading, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Inside Money: Why the financial sales model should be in better shape
One of the FMA's key areas of interest next year will be the world of KiwiSaver.
KiwiSaver: Tax number key to getting Oz super here
I've read a few articles about bringing Australian super across to KiwiSaver. I worked in Sydney for a year back in 2000.
Brian Fallow: Lima's main gain - We're all in it together
At least the global climate change conference at Lima was not a train wreck, like Copenhagen five years ago.
Get Sorted: The dark side of a KiwiSaver holiday
The sea, the sun, the sand – what’s not to like? Unless it’s a holiday that ends up setting you back $136,400…
Liam Dann: Oil-price plunge rattling markets
The dynamic of the new oil shock is moving fast - maybe too fast for the fragile global economic recovery, writes Liam Dann.
Diana Clement: Doing your best for kids once you're gone
Do you want to go to the grave knowing your hard-earned savings won't be wasted? Would you like to ensure little Holly or Olly can use the money only to buy a home?
Juha Saarinen: Pirate Bay resurfaces... or does it?
Readers have contacted me to say The Pirate Bay torrent site is up and running again, after it went down following a raid.
Brian Fallow: Riding the dairy monster
A $6 billion drop in dairy farmers' incomes this season is a blow to the wider economy, no question, writes Brian Fallow. But it's not all bad.
Jock Anderson's Caseload: Second chance for lawyer who ticked wrong box
A South African lawyer who suppressed his "out of control" history has been deemed fit and proper to be a lawyer in NZ.
Juha Saarinen: The Pirate Bay sunk again - this time for good?
Is this new raid the last final curtain for The Pirate Bay, which is now run by unknown people?
Fran O'Sullivan: Fonterra still in a state of denial
There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....
Get Sorted: This. Is. Not. Your. Money.
Borrowing against your equity is some of the cheapest money out there (as opposed to credit cards), writes Tom Hartmann. But here are the pitfalls.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Is Xero the new Apple?
How many accountants will soon be out of a job because they are not tech-oriented, or open to redesigning their business?
Liam Dann: Tax-free shopping has a cost
Australian retail billionaire Solomon Lew has declared war on his Government's failure to charge GST for overseas goods bought online.
Juha Saarinen: Data centres and Amazon's amazing scale
Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.
John Drinnan: Radio rivals play a pricey game
The world is going digital, but MediaWorks and NZME. are still spending millions of dollars on ye olde radio frequencies.
Stock Takes: Jetpack firm tips potential big investor
Martin Aircraft Company has extended its IPO for two weeks as the firm negotiates with a potential investor that could become a cornerstone shareholder.
Jock Anderson's Caseload: Mysterious ways of delivering justice
They say what goes around comes around, and so it is for lawyer Boon Gunn Hong whose excessive suspension has been quashed on appeal.
Juha Saarinen: Internet prices and ye olde copper network
Everyone's poring over the Commerce Commission's draft decision on ye olde copper phone line network. And no one's happy.
Robyn Pearce: One tiny improvement every day will change your life
By focusing on a 1 per cent daily improvement in any area of life, you'll become more effective in a short period of time, writes Robyn Pearce. .
Brent Sheather: Oh dear! Forecasting long term returns
A central component in the reform of the financial planning industry is education but this notion comes with problems.
Fran O'Sullivan: Revolution on the business front
Labour Leader Andrew Little has staked out valuable new territory with his announcement of a Future Work Commission.