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Debbie Mayo-Smith: How to improve cash flow this January

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

Liam Dann: South Korea open for business

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

Mary Holm: Ignore critics and have fun getting old

I want to see a change of attitude in the press towards ageing Kiwis. We are tagged the greedy generation.

Diana Clement: Read fine print on supermarket insurance

'Did you see that Countdown is selling insurance?" a friend emailed last week. My initial response was: "There's nothing new in that."

Juha Saarinen: Break the banhammer and cyber-security

Tech blogger Juha Saarinen raises questions about the chief censor eyeing Slingshot over access to unclassified material.

John Drinnan: Networks wage reality TV war

TVNZ and MediaWorks programme launches over the past fortnight have set the scene for reality TV clashes next year, writes John Drinnan.

Stock Takes: Our IPO winners and losers

It's shaping up to be another bumper year for the NZ sharemarket, with the NZX 50 up more than 14pc and trading at record levels.

Jock Anderson's Caseload: Name of top jailing judge kept secret

Jock Anderson is questioning why the identity of the NZ judge with the highest rate of jailing drink drivers will not be revealed.

Liam Dann: Great escape yes, but inflation not all bad

New Zealand has had a lucky break. We have come through a phase of rapid economic growth without generating any serious spike in inflation.

Bernard Hickey: Investor landlords need curbing

It's time the Reserve Bank found a way to rein in New Zealand's biggest landlords, writes Bernard Hickey.

Diana Clement: Focus on what you need to cut spending

I've failed. It would appear that personal finance journalists' budgets are a bit like builders' houses. Never quite sorted out.

Mary Holm: Nerve needed to cope with crashes

Gosh, that was a baptism by fire. I remember the day, in the aftermath of the October 1987 crash, when the Brierley share price dropped below $2 - down from more than $5 just a few weeks before.

Brian Gaynor: Fletcher Building following a flawed strategy

October was a crazy month for financial markets.

Inside Money: NZ Super change to excite local share managers

NZ Super has taken direct control of the almost $260m in local equities formerly managed on its behalf by AMP Capital.

Juha Saarinen: Return of SIM locking shackles NZ to the past

Having a mobile phone account in New Zealand has become quite a bit less of a hassle than it was just a few years ago.

Fran O'Sullivan: Groser will walk a tightrope in Beijing

Heightened tensions between the world's two superpowers will test the diplomatic skills of Trade Minister Tim Groser who arrives in Beijing before John Key for the formal Apec leaders meeting.