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Deborah Hill Cone: Wanted: Help, not handouts
Banks are holding on to their money, so why is the Government so generous with ours?
Bernard Hickey: Haggle with your bank for returns
Bank profitability in New Zealand is too high and we have to do something about it.
<I>Fran O'Sullivan:</I> Mollycoddling won't get youth into work
John Key would win a lot of Brownie points if he simply announced a high-powered Prime Minister's taskforce on youth employment.
Fran O'Sullivan: Look out for the kids when you swing that axe, Mr Key
NZ should hope John Key shows some common sense - tempered with heart - when he goes about trying to reduce from 328,000 the number of Kiwis on solo parent, sickness and invalid benefits, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Brian Fallow: Europe's leaders at beggar's crossroads
The tumult on global financial markets is a vote of no confidence in political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.
Fran O'Sullivan: China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
Trade Minister will be under pressure in Beijing to live up to the terms of the FTA.
Liam Dann: Private capital needed to bridge the infrastructure gap
With the benefit of hindsight, the Government's infrastructure strategy at this time last year looks blissfully simple.
Susan Guthrie: Rich-poor gulf hard to measure
The gap between rich and poor is an important issue that rarely gets discussed by our economic mandarins.