Maling's proposal to acquire 50% of Silver Fern Farms reaffirms that Chinese investors are interested in New Zealand's rural and food-based assets.

Now that Apple has made styluses, sorry, pens, cool again with the iPad Pro, I'd be interested to hear how many of you actually use one.

Among inflation-targeting central banks, it is essential for inflation expectations to remain anchored to their inflation targets, writes Brian Fallow. Credibility on that point is their stock in trade.

High-profile staff of Radio NZ have been moonlighting on outside money-earners.

There's a department store in called Liberty and it contrasts so dramatically with what we have here in Australia.

Mary Holm looks at selling up rental properties, more than one super scheme and who owns an inheritance?

A wide range of businesses market their services by giving quotes to potential clients.

Children watch us make it all happen with our cards. So how do we pass on the money lessons?

No news was not good news when the US Federal Reserve left rates on hold last week.

Cabinet Minister Paula Bennett has played to the political gallery by jettisoning the $88 million Chinese bid to buy Lochinver Station because it did not provide enough new jobs.

Organising your money properly can pay off with savings and extra cash.

Trying to predict where the market is going is a more dangerous strategy than digging in and staying put.

The performance of the Australian and New Zealand economies has an important impact on a number of areas, particularly the labour sector and our red hot housing market.

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen may be the best advertisement yet for media training.

Policymakers inevitably get things wrong from time to time, writes Brian Fallow. But if they are to learn from their mistakes, they first have to acknowledge that they are mistakes.

When Morag McCay needs a tasting panel for her uniquely Asian food products, she heads five minutes down the road to the University of Auckland.

Are you interested in getting full and involved participation from your people? Instead of telling someone to do a task, ask them how they think it should be done.

Juha Saarinen takes a look at new Australian PM's tech credentials and we're giving away a Microsoft Surface worth $800!

What would have made a big difference if you could have put it into practice earlier? Share your comments with us.

Westpac's CEO is planning to invest an extra A$200m a year in digital initiatives to boost the bank's customer numbers, as well as drive down costs.

Foreign investment is not a black and white issue. Too often the populist reaction to the issue is knee-jerk and xenophobic.

Shanghai Maling Aquarius is understood to have a $300 million war chest to back its bid for a slice of the Kiwi meat co-operative.

Rental cars are costly. If the upfront hire fees aren't enough, there are lots of other charges that can double the cost. That can be anything from increased insurance costs to reduce excesses, to hiring a child seat.

The words "double Grammar zone" plastered across a real estate billboard is enough to make any red-blooded agent salivate, writes Bernard Hickey.

You can make a standard KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal without the additional top-up from the HomeStart grant. Helen Twose talks about the rules.

Pip Dunphy effectively blew the whistle on Solid Energy's pending insolvency when she resigned her chairmanship less than a year into the role.

There is a huge difference between the timing and level of disclosure of the four Government-controlled NZX-listed companies - Air New Zealand, Genesis Energy, Meridian Energy and Mighty River Power - and other Crown entities.

There's a problem with the male-female mix on television at 7pm, writes John Drinnan.