All I want for Christmas is an Ebola emergency kit. That's not because I think I'm at risk of catching the disease.

Pumpkin Patch shares hit another record low yesterday as investors continued to punish the company after a dark annual meeting.

To suspicious eyes, it starts to look as if the Govt is in ideological thrall to the 1980s dogmas that the smaller the state the better, and whatever the problem, the solution is a market, writes Brian Fallow.

The year is approaching its end with uncertainty over the future shape of the two big media corporates - MediaWorks, owner of TV3, and NZME., owner of the Herald,

The only problem with this technically-excellent, thoroughly-executed, thankfully-brief statistical analysis of KiwiSaver is its uselessness.

SkyTV, Spark's Lightbox and Quickflix, pretend in public they're not concerned about Netflix arriving, but that's just bluster, writes Juha Saarinen.

There's a common belief that women are better at multi-tasking than guys. It's only partly true.

FOFA is a serious law, introduced by the previous Labor government after a series of scandals hit Australia's financial planning industry.

Steer clear of dumb debt this season – and the more tidings of comfort and joy there’ll be for the rest of the year.

The funny thing is, most marketing activity is highly... incorrectly... focused.

The Christmas madness is about to begin and for many retailers the stakes have never been higher, writes Business Editor Liam Dann.

Why is the Government over-spending on motorways when new technologies could render them white elephants?

My partner and I have our own home at the moment with a sizeable mortgage, and we're thinking of starting a property rental portfolio.

Herald columnist Diana Clement looks at how to get the best out of the Christmas shopping spend.

Ken Wikeley's bankruptcy is a massive fall from grace for one of the NZX's more colourful characters.

CaseLoad is confident his public interest mission to reveal New Zealand's best and worst judges will come up trumps.

The latest Briefing to the Incoming Minister from the Earthquake Commission is a revealing document.

Over the next two years the government and its agents will be reviewing the Financial Advisors Act 2008 (FAA).

Changes to the country's payment system have been profound and New Zealand moves closer to a cashless society, says the Reserve Bank.

Graham McGregor shares insights from business expert Michael Katz about focussing on a niche in your marketing.

It's good news if you're in your 30s but not so good if you're over 50 according to earnings data from Statistics New Zealand.

Accounting is an essential component of every business so it's time to start investigating using online accounting software.

The film Hip Hop-eration pushes perceptions of retirement in the right direction.

The free trade deal announced with South Korea is extremely good news for a number of our export industries, writes Liam Dann.