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<i>Juha Saarinen</i>: Teen entrepreneurs had a head start
Launching a business when you're 13 or 14 isn't the usual recipe for success, but it works for some.

E is for book
A library in your handbag? Cheaper reading? The salvation of newspapers? Digital publishing promises all that and more. But, reports Karyn Scherer, the future isn't quite here yet.

<i>Gill South</i>: Win, lose or draw - World Cup offers lessons
The FIFA World cup has plenty of examples of management techniques...

<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Rates: Up and up then down the hole
Paying ever-rising taxes to local bodies is the ultimate grudge expense.

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Crime sleuths separate forensics
Scientists say watchers who have fallen victim to the CSI effect need a dose of reality.

<i>Stock takes</i>: Return of the king
Ron Brierly is rumoured to be making a trip to NZ

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Lost mana and hope means pulling plug on SCF
It's time for the Government to limit taxpayers' losses by winding down SCF.

<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Winners and losers in ETS wealth shift
Over the next two and a half years the emissions trading scheme will effect a substantial transfer of wealth.

<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Same old problems under the skin
I may be a lone voice here, but where finance companies are concerned things seem to have got a bit out of proportion.

Kiwi business stars earn their stripes in the US
NZ companies doing the business in the USA.

<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> China ready to back NZ's UN bid
Fran O'Sullivan believes the visit to NZ by Chinese Vice-President Jinping is probably of more long-term importance than a visit by his US counterpart, Joe Biden.