Even the world's smartest person will need fuel to keep making good money decisions

What is your marketing focus for the start of 2016?

Ben is a mid-level manager with a team of four, all relatively new in their positions.

Here's a new way in which the internet offends the sensibilities of the Real World: hyper linking in web pages.

Debbie Mayo-Smith talks ways to beat competition for your sale.

The already poor reputation of private equity has taken another battering, writes Christopher Niesche.

Wall St stocks and oil have slumped again amidst growing talk of recession risk for both the US and the world, writes Liam Dann.

Debbie Sutton is CEO and Yvonne Lorkin is chief tasting officer of WineFriend, an online subscription business the pair founded that delivers customised wine selections.

It is now easier than ever to imagine a New Zealand without notes and coins - and not just for the convenience factor.

What makes some people steal from strangers and others give?

Lotto tickets may give ray of hope, but there are free competitions, write Mary Holm.

The demise of Woolworths' Australian hardware experiment, Masters, won't devastate too many customers, writes Bella Katz.

Taken at face value, the December quarter numbers are evidence that the labour market has tightened, in defiance of the forecasters, writes Brian Fallow. But that has yet to show up in the wages data.

The year has got off to a bad start for portfolio investors with the world stock market having fallen by 10.8 per cent in US$ terms, writes Brent Sheather.

Revamped TV3 news is rating well - even if it isn't yet living up to its multi-media billing, writes John Drinnan.

Small business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owner Stu McKinlay about equity crowdfunding.

No more stolen moments wasted on an activity that isn't adding value to my life. Life is just too short to waste any of it, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

As China steps up efforts to maintain order in a slowing economic environment we may see more dramatic moves shaking things up in our part of the world.

Trade liberalisation is an ongoing process and there is still much for NZ to aim for.

Apple and other multinationals which derive profits from Australia have a duty to pay tax in this country, writes Christopher Niesche.

Making a movie about collateralised debt obligations and credit default swaps that is both compelling and accurate is quite some achievement.

Are you earning your share from the sharing economy? Thanks to websites such as Uber, Airbnb, Tutorly and YourDrive.co.nz, many Kiwis

Auckland's housing crisis easily solved by one reader, writes Mary Holm.

Astute KiwiSaver decisions will deliver far more rewards over the longer term than any switch from one electricity retailer to another.

The TPP is too important to New Zealand's economic future for Andrew Little to turn it into a partisan political football, says Fran O'Sullivan.

Small Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owner Bill Hale about growth aspirations.