The results for the six months to December 2014 has been fairly lacklustre, with one notable exception, Brian Gaynor writes.

It can pay to shop around when tying up cash at a fixed rate, writes Money columnist Diana Clement.

Money columnist Mary Holm answers your questions on making and saving more money.

Over the years I've come to despair over how badly our politicians understand technology.

Well-wishers to Justice Dame Lowell Patria Goddard, as she is off to her new job in Britain, include Judge Les Atkins QC and ex-lawyer Barry Hart.

New Zealand and Australia are currently co-hosting the Cricket World Cup so perhaps this is an opportune time to ask a rather difficult question of our neighbours across the Tasman. Are we really working as a team?

When I was a young, innocent choirboy, I was acutely aware of the stern rhetoric on the perils of sin, delivered by my local Anglican vicar.

It has been a big week for the sharemarket as the reporting season continues and stocks make big price moves.

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.

Lower oil prices mean the less efficient carriers with older aircraft than Air New Zealand are back in the game, writes Grant Bradley.

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.

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.

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

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.

Whilst fx trading is regularly promoted as a get rich quick scheme the reality is, surprise, quite different.

John Key has had a serious slap, writes Fran O'Sullivan. He underestimated the public's tolerance to be politically played by him. So where does it go from now?

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.