The Taxpayers' Union's trenchant criticism of the NZ Superannuation Fund, over its poor investment in Portugal's Banco Espirito Santo, shows the dangers of viewing problems through ideological goggles.

Seven years down the track from the biggest debt-induced financial meltdown in history, the developed world is still loving leverage.

Love or hate the idea of Precinct Properties' 36-level, $550 million downtown Auckland waterfront skyscraper, let's get the negatives out of the way first.

Do you have a Lenovo laptop, purchased between September last year and February? If so, it might come with a severe security hole.

The Time Queen shares her experience using voice recognition software to save hours typing documents.

You know it's important to sell yourself while interviewing. The best way to do so is to do it through a story.

Traditional Chinese beliefs suggest the year should harbour the relatively calm and placid characteristics of the sheep along with peace and prosperity, says Liam Dann.

Mary Holm answers more questions this week.

After the big shock, for many owners of homes and businesses, their insurance policies didn't cover them for what they thought.

There is news female solicitors now outnumber male solicitors in the Irish Republic.

Small business owners, particularly in the construction industry, should be breathing a sigh of relief this week.

Forestry investors are delivering a clear vote of no confidence in Government policy, in an area critical for New Zealand's response to climate change.

This week NZ share managers have 600 million more positive reasons to get out of bed.

Praise people when they perform well and minimise your attention on activities you don't want them to focus on.

Vint Cerf, one of the people who helped build the internet (and who's now been assimilated by Google of course), is warning about a digital Dark Age.

Out-of-court settlements may be cheaper, quicker and more certain than seeing a case through - but they can often feel like a cop-out.

It seems history is repeating itself as Greece again finds itself in the headlines, asking Germany to re-think the terms of the bailout package or risk Greece leaving the European union.

Legendary investor, Jack (aka John) Bogle has named exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as "the greatest marketing innovation of the 21st century".

Many of your customers may be using your product or service to help them do things that you have never thought of.

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

Systems are now in place to bring superannuation savings across the Tasman but there is some fine print, particularly for first-home buyers, writes helen Twose.

With a bit of prior research and these handy tips, learn how to network with ease and to your advantage.

When setting goals and planning for the future seem all too hard, it’s time to carve them down into manageable chunks.

When Tony Abbott faced the recent challenge to his leadership and a party room revolt a few days ago, Australia's business leaders politely said what was expected of them.

How actual corporate earnings compare with the elevated heights at which many stocks are now trading will be fascinating to see, writes Liam Dann.

Bill English really is the bad cop in the Govt's brinksmanship with SkyCity over just whose pockets will be picked to pay for the $70m to $130m cost overrun for the convention centre.