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.

Paul Little last week learned Japan Post was making a takeover bid for Toll Holdings, and the bid valued his shares about A$110 million more than they were worth earlier in the day.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Insurance would be the last thing many students are thinking about at this time of the year. Yet, it's precisely what they need, writes Diana Clement.

It surprises me how many people don't check every now and then what money is going into their KiwiSaver account, writes Mary Holm. Then again, some people don't even know who their provider is.

Smartmeter concerns have been around for quite some time now, and yes, they can be hacked.

Assurances have been given that unidentified blog accusations Justice Dame Lowell Goddard was involved in a potential cover-up, are not true.