OpinionGraham McGregorGraham McGregor: The forgotten marketing channelOne of the big trends today is for businesses to use mainly digital technology to communicate with customers and potential customers.01 Dec 08:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Helping grandchildren into first homeA 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?01 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionPatrick Nolan: Baby Boomers could drive us bustOn 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.01 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionNick McDonald: Is leverage good or bad?Leverage in trading is a good tool for those who use it properly. It is even better than good, it can be great.30 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionTom HartmannGet Sorted: Consider yourself monetisedIn 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.30 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: The new oil shockThe 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.30 Nov 04:00 PM
BusinessNew homes to bust land hoardersExpectation 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.29 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Who's on the board a vital shareholder issueThe Financial Markets Authority's consultation paper on corporate governance is timely.28 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionMark Lister: Good outweighs bad in oil price retreatFalling oil prices have been one of the biggest stories in financial circles over recent weeks.28 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionMary HolmMary Holm: The case for and against landlordsAs a society, how did we allow residential property to become just another investment asset class?28 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionDiana ClementDiana Clement: Charitable groups revolutionise gift-givingAll I want for Christmas is an Ebola emergency kit. That's not because I think I'm at risk of catching the disease.28 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionStock Takes: ACC losing burger appetite?Pumpkin Patch shares hit another record low yesterday as investors continued to punish the company after a dark annual meeting.27 Nov 10:40 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: State's social role under scrutinyTo 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.27 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: Change, change and more changeThe 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,27 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: KiwiSaver condemnedThe only problem with this technically-excellent, thoroughly-executed, thankfully-brief statistical analysis of KiwiSaver is its uselessness.26 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionRobyn PearceRobyn Pearce: Multi-tasking more damaging than smoking dopeThere's a common belief that women are better at multi-tasking than guys. It's only partly true.25 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionJuha SaarinenJuha Saarinen: The elephant in the living roomSkyTV, Spark's Lightbox and Quickflix, pretend in public they're not concerned about Netflix arriving, but that's just bluster, writes Juha Saarinen.25 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Aussie politicians crack-up over advice, laughable lessons for NZFOFA is a serious law, introduced by the previous Labor government after a series of scandals hit Australia's financial planning industry.24 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: It pays to look at contractA reader writes: If my employer includes its contribution as part of a total remuneration package, what happens to the contribution if one opts out of KiwiSaver?24 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionGraham McGregorGraham McGregor: Unfair marketing advantage strategyWhat is your 'Unfair Marketing Advantage Strategy' going to be for 2015?24 Nov 02:05 AM
OpinionTom HartmannGet Sorted: 'Twas the month before...Steer clear of dumb debt this season – and the more tidings of comfort and joy there’ll be for the rest of the year.23 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionDebbie Mayo-SmithDebbie Mayo-Smith: Is your marketing focus incorrectThe funny thing is, most marketing activity is highly... incorrectly... focused.23 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: All signs point to happy ChristmasThe Christmas madness is about to begin and for many retailers the stakes have never been higher, writes Business Editor Liam Dann.23 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionBernard HickeyBernard Hickey: Motorway spending a dead endWhy is the Government over-spending on motorways when new technologies could render them white elephants?22 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionMary HolmMary Holm: Rental road to riches can be rockyMy partner and I have our own home at the moment with a sizeable mortgage, and we're thinking of starting a property rental portfolio.22 Nov 01:49 AM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Backdoor lister's huge fall from graceKen Wikeley's bankruptcy is a massive fall from grace for one of the NZX's more colourful characters.21 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionDiana ClementDiana Clement: 'Tis the season for cheer - within reasonHerald columnist Diana Clement looks at how to get the best out of the Christmas shopping spend.21 Nov 04:00 PM
OpinionJock Anderson's Caseload: Who are the best and worst judges?CaseLoad is confident his public interest mission to reveal New Zealand's best and worst judges will come up trumps.20 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionStock Takes: IPO pipeline is pumping againThe ticker codes are allocated and the listing dates set - New Zealand's initial public offering pipeline is pumping again.20 Nov 08:30 PM
OpinionJohn DrinnanJohn Drinnan: PC gone mad - or PR flop?Public relations is back in the news, with controversy over Iain Rennie and the State Services Commission's "loose" handling of the press conference for departing Cera boss Roger Sutton.20 Nov 08:30 PM