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Caseload: Has this rugby person not suffered enough?

Stock Takes: Good prognosis for F&P Healthcare

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare reported yet another record full-year profit last Friday, justifying Craigs' consistently bullish view.

Time to sharpen the clippers?

To cut or not to cut? That is the question the Reserve Bank confronts ahead of next week's official cash rate decision, writes Brian Rudman.

Mark Lister: Little optimism for dairy recovery

The only topic that seems to be competing with Auckland house prices at present seems to be the declining Fonterra payout, and what it means for the economy as a whole.

Inside Money: NZ insurers get served as regulator begins life-changing process

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the FMA taking a closer look at the NZ insurance industry.

Fran O'Sullivan: Saudi deal lacked control

Murray McCully's controversial $10m deal bypassed the normal Govt control channels, writes Fran O'Sullivan. "The deal is now being challenged as an outright bribe."

Robyn Pearce: Is someone in your family struggling to read?

Robyn Pearce says it's not hard to draw a very short bow between reading struggles and diminished productivity.

Hola - a shocker of unblocker

Hola operates as an "exit node" for traffic, which means someone else's data goes through your computer.

Why the World bank minds our behaviour

The World Bank thinks that when it comes to understanding human behaviour, we can do better.

Another bad call from the judiciary

Jock Anderson on bad name suppression calls, legal aid, the John Banks affair and the Crown Solicitor.

Stock Takes: Refinery shares get snapped up

Could Chevron New Zealand's offloading of its NZ Refining shares be a sign of things to come?

Carmel Fisher: Financial manipulation

Manipulation ... it's one of those words that sounds like it means something bad.

Brian Fallow: Government shrugs off climate change

A big economic call the Government has to make this year is what emissions target New Zealand will commit to for the 2020s, writes Brian Fallow.

John Drinnan: Paul Henry show fails ratings test

It has been a spluttering start for the Paul Henry show and alarm bells should be ringing at MediaWorks, writes John Drinnan.

Inside Money: You've got issues, govt tells financial advisers

David Chaplin on the issues facing the financial advisory industry.

Changes in dairy call for a response

Fran O'Sullivan asks, when is enough enough when it comes to Chinese investment in the New Zealand dairy sector?

Mark Adamson: Put prejudice aside when hiring

Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm not into political correctness. My focus is always firmly on the bottom line.

'No' is your most powerful time management tool

Robyn Pearce tells us focus is a precious and vital skill which helps us get great results and a feeling of control.