Pokies king's retirement plans take a hit
COMMENT: Len Ainsworth started making poker machines more than 60 years ago to subsidise his dental equipment business.
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COMMENT: Kiwis' wallets are being siphoned daily by rorts and unjustified charges.
Fran O'Sullivan: Key thinks cut, but English says save
COMMENT: Was John Key's brain fart on the tax front an involuntary exercise or was it calculated?
Mary Holm: Ratepayers' options as income shrinks
COMMENT: What are the pitfalls and positives of deferring your council rates?
Brian Gaynor: Winners, losers in the generation game
COMMENT: Could the current 20 to 40-year-old generation be one of the first to be less well off than their parents?
Gear Friday: Taking Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto for a spin
COMMENT: Juha Saarinen offers his thoughts on Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto.
Brian Fallow: Extra for power - it's only fair
COMMENT: Unwinding a cross-subsidy is never popular among those who have been on the bludger's end of one.
Drinnan: Big deal - beginning or ending?
Some will see the proposed merger of Fairfax New Zealand and NZME as the beginning of the end of an era for New Zealand media.
Liam Dann: The investment that's hotter than Auckland property
What kind of amazing investment could outperform the property market in this country?
Fran O'Sullivan: Politicians hop on housing bandwagon
COMMENT: Hallelujah. The political fix at national level on Auckland housing has finally been made.
Graham McGregor: On the value of recycled marketing
COMMENT: Here are the reasons why recycling is also a valuable strategy to use in your marketing.
Juha Saarinen: Ad-free streaming is bliss - but at a cost
Google's finally launching its answer to Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming music services - YouTube Red.
The art of networking - meet the guru
If Sunny Bates was an expert in electricity networks there'd be no questions about what she does.
Robyn Pearce: The magic bullet that will give you more time
Sometimes the answer is just to do less.
Mark Lister: Brexit of little consequence for lacklustre British market
COMMENT: Many still have money over there long after they've arrived in NZ sitting in pounds earning next to nothing, or invested in various UK funds and shares.
Get Sorted: Money gets a bit manic
Making quick tempo choices - especially if there's a credit card involved! - can lead to runaway spending. A two-day or two-person strategy works.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: He was pig headed proud and wasteful
Yesterday, over lunch at an international conference, I was chatting to one of the other speakers. He was a fellow author, sometime journalist, and commentator, Debbie Mayo-Smith writes.
Bernard Hickey: Want to own a house in Auckland? Circle these dates
Everyone who cares about the future of the economy, interest rates and house prices needs to circle two dates in their calendars this year.
Diana Clement: Best bargains are the ones you don't buy
COMMENT: Owning too much stuff has serious financial consequences. The more you own the more you pay for insurance.
Mary Holm: SpaceX, Alibaba and high flying dreams
COMMENT: Alarm bells are ringing and danger signs are looming large. You can "safely" invest in large international companies, but not this way.
Brian Gaynor: As advertising moves, so must the publishers
COMMENT: The proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ is a further sign that media companies continue to look for viable business models.
Fran O'Sullivan: Merger's ripples bound to spread
COMMENT: NZME has "first mover" advantage when it comes to the shakeup of the New Zealand media industry.
Debt monster keeps on growing
COMMENT: The Reserve Bank was radiating signals this week that its next intervention in the housing market may well target debt-to-income ratios.
John Drinnan: Merger talk a sign of the times
COMMENT: Two media giants into one? Changed market makes NZME-Fairfax tie-up a real prospect.
Interest in Bitcoin tech grows
One thing is for sure - the technology that underpins Bitcoin has got stock exchanges, clearing houses, banks and central banks talking.
Liam Dann: Foreign buyer statistics don't solve debate
COMMENT: New data on foreign buyers in the housing market is not going resolve the big debate on the issue just yet, writes Liam Dann.
Juha Saarinen: Think before you fire up that VPN
Every person and their dog seem to be using VPNs, or virtual private networking connections, these days, Juha Saarinen writes.
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A great way to boost sales for many businesses is to make your product or service very easy to use, Graham McGregor writes.
Liam Dann: Debt level high on RBNZ agenda
COMMENT: Broadly the banks have strong balance sheets but New Zealand's private debt levels are high and rising.
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Get Sorted: Dropping D-words
It's not the prettiest of terms, but we may as well get acquainted with the challenges of "decumulation", Tom Hartmann writes.
Brian Gaynor: Weldon wrong choice for MediaWorks
COMMENT: The life of a CEO can be tough and Weldon's demeanour at the GeoOp meeting clearly showed that the MediaWorks job had got the better of him.
Diana Clement: Where there's a will there's a way to contest it
COMMENT: Did you hear the one about the inheritance that went to the father's second wife's new husband's next-door-neighbour?