A $6 billion drop in dairy farmers' incomes this season is a blow to the wider economy, no question, writes Brian Fallow. But it's not all bad.

A South African lawyer who suppressed his "out of control" history has been deemed fit and proper to be a lawyer in NZ.

Is this new raid the last final curtain for The Pirate Bay, which is now run by unknown people?

There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....

The NZX-owned KiwiSaver scheme, Smartkiwi, will be closed early next year following the stock exchange's purchase of Superlife.

Australian retail billionaire Solomon Lew has declared war on his Government's failure to charge GST for overseas goods bought online.

Cloud computing is built on data centres which are sprouting out of the ground like weeds at the moment around the world.

The world is going digital, but MediaWorks and NZME. are still spending millions of dollars on ye olde radio frequencies.

Martin Aircraft Company has extended its IPO for two weeks as the firm negotiates with a potential investor that could become a cornerstone shareholder.

They say what goes around comes around, and so it is for lawyer Boon Gunn Hong whose excessive suspension has been quashed on appeal.

Everyone's poring over the Commerce Commission's draft decision on ye olde copper phone line network. And no one's happy.

By focusing on a 1 per cent daily improvement in any area of life, you'll become more effective in a short period of time, writes Robyn Pearce. .

A central component in the reform of the financial planning industry is education but this notion comes with problems.

One of the big trends today is for businesses to use mainly digital technology to communicate with customers and potential customers.

How did we react to the erosion of democratic rights by attack bloggers and the rise of executive power? Mostly with a collective shrug, writes Chris Barton.

A reader writes: I intend to settle a cash sum on each of my grandchildren on my demise. What fish hooks exist if I place a lump sum in a KiwiSaver account for each?

On his 60th birthday Woody Allen is supposed to have joked that "practically a third of my life is over". Optimistic maybe, but illustrative - as Patrick Nolan explains.

Leverage in trading is a good tool for those who use it properly. It is even better than good, it can be great.

In the online world a new adage that applies - If you pay for something, it’s the product. But if it’s free, you are the product.

The world is in the grip of a new oil shock. The shock is that prices are collapsing. Liam Dann explains what it means for the NZ economy.

Expectation is a powerful thing. It's the reason 45,000 sections in Auckland are sitting there ready to go, with all the connections to water, power and roads - but no houses.

The Financial Markets Authority's consultation paper on corporate governance is timely.

Falling oil prices have been one of the biggest stories in financial circles over recent weeks.

As a society, how did we allow residential property to become just another investment asset class?