How can we expect an Australian standard of living when their productivity is about 40 per cent higher than ours, asks Brian Fallow.

Many New Zealanders don't trust the finance sector - financial advisers and the companies that provide investment products.

Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden says the dairy co-operative will step up investment within Asia because of the Malaysian free trade deal.

The March 2009 ASB survey found that a full 25 per cent of business owners wish to sell in the next five years.

After shambolic handling of the free to air row, politicians could be excused for hoping the World Cup rights deal will be done, dusted and under the carpet.

Fran O'Sullivan writes that the Securities Commission won't achieve much as long as they persist with a 'limp-wristed' approach.

Today's CPI figures show a broader and stronger inflation that you would expect in an economy enfeebled by a prolonged recession.