John Key and Bill English have been on tenterhooks waiting for the Supreme Court judgment on the Mighty River sales process, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.

One of the highlights of this job each year is reviewing the latest iteration of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook...

Economic modelling based on ethanol, which has its limitations as a fuel, may underestimate the potential yields and value added, writes Brian Fallow.

The collapse of Mainzeal has people worrying about who will construct the residential and commercial buildings required for Christchurch, writes Liam Dann.

David Shearer and his cohort of prospective coalition partners, the Greens, Mana and NZ First, are holding a show-trial into who killed the manufacturing industry.

The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990, writes Brian Fallow.

The idea that an overvalued exchange rate is the fault of the monetary policy framework has hardened into dogma, writes Brian Fallow.

Kiwi households have regained their appetite for debt, and it is getting rapidly more hearty, write Brian Fallow.

If there is a tendency for businesspeople's lips to curl at the very sight of their local council offices, writes Brian Fallow, the reaction may be unfair or at least misdirected.

The NZ tech sector is in a very good place...

The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America's future success and job creation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Pair find niche in high-tech marine and residential automation jobs.

Key's positioning was smart politics given the upside for New Zealand when - not if - the TPP is concluded, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Reserve Bank eyes tools to help prevent booms and busts that devastate household and bank balance sheets.

David Shearer's vision is for a New Zealand known the world over for smart thinking and really smart businesses taking the world by storm, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Optimism and shock over dire jobs news no excuse for Govt inaction.

Looking at the US' fiscal numbers it is hard to escape the conclusion that the land of the free is also the land of the free-loader, writes Brian Fallow.

New Zealand is an attractive destination for foreigners who want to make their taxes disappear.

Any approach to lifting housing affordability has to be broader than boosting the responsiveness of the supply side of the construction market, writes Brian Fallow.

Bernard Hickey looks at how nimbyism is thriving, magnified by the power of tax-free capital gains.

A shop's failure prompts decision to focus on online sales instead.