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Blue Chip boss had secret trust
Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers has revealed his need for psychological help to deal with the collapse of his business empire.

Mob awaits Bryers' sentencing
Blue Chip investors are vowing an angry mob will turn up to court for the sentencing of property company co-founder Mark Bryers.

Most Kiwis feeling financially shaken by crisis - survey
Although New Zealand's economy is over the worst, Kiwis are still feeling the after-effects of the recession, a survey finds.

<i>Andrew Gawith:</i> Small steps to bridge a big gap
After a coalition agreement, a job summit and several taskforces we have finally been clued into the Govt's plan to catch Australia.

Moves to help mum and dad investors
Mum and dad investors could get a one stop shop agency to watch over investments under a new proposal being considered by the Government.

Info gap leaves KiwiSavers in dark
Hundreds of thousands of people may not know who is managing their KiwiSaver money because of problems with getting their addresses correct.

Bank funding guarantee likely to be dropped
NZ looks likely to ditch the wholesale funding guarantee for banks soon, after the Australian Treasurer announced his country's version would end.

Five big takeouts that business expects from Key's speech
How will business judge John Key's economic plans? Pretty well - if he meets the five key criteria, writes Fran O’Sullivan.

<i>Brian Fallow: </i> Alan Bollard's photocopy OCR
Brian Fallow: This morning's interest rate decision for the Reserve Bank is almost a photocopy of the last one on December 10.

Credit card surcharge net widens
Buying a bunch of flowers, parking a car and paying bills or fines by credit card could all result in customers having to pay new surcharges.

Westpac botches runaway millionaire hunt
Westpac's runaway millionaires are a step closer to keeping the cash after the bank bungled an attempt to recover it.

Allied's investors vote to buy Hanover
Allied Farmers shareholders yesterday resoundingly endorsed their company's proposed acquisition of Hanover Finance's loan book.