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In-timers: get ready first
Time management expert Robyn Pearce looks at the 'in-timers' and says it's important to get ready first.
Fran O'Sullivan: Will tax inspectors slow housing boom?
Will giving tax inspectors more resources to clamp down on profit-takers have any effect at all on the rampant Auckland housing boom?
Graham McGregor: Loyalty ladder marketing
The Loyalty Ladder is simple to learn, gives you an excellent road map to follow to increase your sales and profits and is made up of five steps.
KiwiSaver: House bus instead of house?
Instead of using KiwiSaver to buy your first house but be tied to one place, get a home on wheels and wake up to a new view every morning. But is this a possibility?
World's coolest economist hot on his numbers
Michael Pettis must be the world's coolest economist, Liam Dann writes.
Satellite dream a nightmare for investors
There's no denying the romance of space and perhaps this is why so many investors, customers and journalists got caught up in the dream of launching Australia's first privately owned satellite.
Cashing up from Auckland's boom
Selling in city and buying a cheaper property either north or south could mean plenty of money to invest, Mary Holm writes.
Caseload: Society doles out the bikkies ...
CaseLoad's cosy mano a mano with distinguished Queen's Counsel and Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) president Brian Keene was jolly and long-overdue.
Brian Fallow: Property tax - the case is clear
The case for taxing the income of residential property investors is compelling.
Stock Takes: Wall of cash could hit NZ stocks
What would happen if Chinese retail investors got a sudden taste for New Zealand stocks? Until recently that question might have seemed a little preposterous.
Huka Lodge stoush comes to the boil
Two high-flying Alexes have been in the legal headlines in the past week: Huka Lodge owner Alex van Heeren and former Heart of the City boss Alex Swney.
Inside Money: Advice banks can bank on - Oz probe continues
I have heard many stories of Australian businesses built out of fees and commissions paid by clients the advisers have never seen.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: How you get a better outcome in negotiations
Negotiation skills are an asset to hone to help you achieve better outcomes. Here are nine tips on how to improve your negotiation success.
Changing of the guard at Seven empire
There was a time when being in line to inherit your father's media empire was about the best job in the world.
China's growing middle class puts society before GDP
One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there's always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos.
Mary Holm: KiwiSaver payment options limited
But diversification by spreading savings among different funds and providers allows investors to reduce risk.
Fran O'Sullivan: Housing warning should put PM on red alert
The government needs to act on the Reserve Bank's warning that the boom affecting the Auckland housing market could spark a financial crisis, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Tips for surviving on super
Making the move from being a working person to living, at best, in reduced circumstances, and at worst on NZ Super alone, is difficult.
John Drinnan: Historic photos in legal limbo
John Drinnan on Fairfax Media's Herculean task in trying to rescue its huge photo archive from a legal quagmire.
Brian Fallow: Climate costs left for the future
It seems the Government plans to rely heavily on a hoard of cheap, low-quality carbon credits to meet its current climate change target.
Caseload: What's afoot* at police watchdog?
Jock Anderson on IPCA appointments, gossip about Justice Simon Moore and the rule of law controversy.
Inside Money: When good bonds go bad
Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the court case between 12 global investors and the Portuguese 'Novo Banco'.
A Middle Earth Adventure in New Zealand - from Alps to Ocean by bike
If you'd like a challenge, I thoroughly recommend getting some wheels and starting to train for a cycle trail somewhere next summer.
Boost to R&D not enough to close gap
Better than nothing, but only just. The increase in funding for business research and development grants Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday looks even less impressive in light of numbers....