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Brian Fallow: Wrong time to focus on long-term woes
Why yank the reins on a poor old horse that isn't moving?
Fran O'Sullivan: Hanover big test for new regulator
The first big decision of the new Financial Markets Authority is whether to lay criminal charges against any of Hanover Finance's directors.
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: How the foreign profit and interest drain has made us poorer
Ever wondered why it seems New Zealanders can't ever seem to get ahead despite apparent GDP growth?
Success: Property manager dives into new ventures
Experience in schools inspires not one, but three businesses.
<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Apple shows the way to tempt buyers
Last year, Apple released a product. "This product is doomed to fail", said many experts. After all, the type of product had been introduced time and time again, and never succeeded.
<i>Chris Barton</i>: Broadband price controls no way to reverse the great telco rip-off
Internet plan set to replace one monopoly with another.
Brian Fallow: US trade demands a real sore point
Govt should beware of US intellectual property demands...
Success: From NZ, to the superyachts of the world
Firm's clothes are worn on some of the most luxurious vessels afloat.
<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Smartphones - smarter than you think
Smartphones - everywhere you look you'll see an iPhone, Blackberry, Android or Windows phone.
Bernard Hickey: We are borrowing ourselves into permanent poverty
New Zealanders learned this week that our output did not increase in the second half of last year.
<i>Gill South</i>: Joining forces gets Christchurch companies back on their feet
Collaboration has helped many of the city's businesses to get up and running after the quake.
<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Building your business on words alone
Imagine you were to start up an internet-based business. And told that to promote your business, you would not be allowed to do any affiliate marketing. Or joint ventures. Or any external publicity.
<i>Stock Takes:</i> A sharp pencil
Stock Takes assumes the powers that be at The Warehouse are sharpening their pencils now that book retailers Whitcoulls, Borders and Bennetts have been put up for sale by REDgroup's voluntary administrators.
Media: Battle over sleaze on screen heats up
Broadcasters are appealing to the High Court in an attempt to stop tightening of controls for sexual content on television.
Savage headwinds for Air New Zealand
In just four weeks, Air New Zealand's earnings outlook has turned to custard.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Shareholder activist deserves to be heard
John Hepburn raises valid points on the Hotchin debacle and media coverage of it.
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> Home prices head in right direction
In 2007 I said that NZ houses were 30 per cent overvalued.
<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Using video - let me count the ways
In my last column I covered a few of the many features incorporated in the YouTube website. For example, the ability to edit videos, add captions and sort into playlists.
