The interim profit announcements for the six months to December 31 met market expectations but little more, says Brian Gaynor.

One Kiwi business is benefiting from letting staff choose the hours they work and holidays they get.

Rhonda Koroheke has some sage advice for organisations looking to tackle diversity in the workplace.

More New Zealanders are finding work in American movies and TV shows.

COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.

COMMENT: This is how a CEO with a seriously messy office got her mojo back, Robyn Pearce writes.

COMMENT: Given that AI will be used to extend and enhance our cognitive capabilities, it's vital that we don't create a monster.

COMMENT: The $80,000 bill for a Trump Inauguration Gala was money well spent.

COMMENT: Know what you're entitled to before you talk to an expert about a financial product or service.

COMMENT: Why should taxpayers own a commercial broadcasting company that offers unexciting returns, John Drinnan writes.

When Catie Cotcher started with accounting software company Reckon 17 years ago, she was the receptionist.

COMMENT: Even a little relief for taxpayers will take a big bite out of the Government's expected surpluses, Brian Fallow writes.

COMMENT: In the internet era nobody's waiting for Vodafone and Sky TV to mull over their next step, Juha Saarinen writes.

A few days ago I received an interesting letter in the mail from a local electrician I had used a few times. The letter said that

COMMENT: Looking back on a decade though, the first iPhone is a reminder that Apple isn't that different from other companies, Juha Saarinen writes.

The taboo thing has got to go, so we can get talking and help each other make savvy decisions.

Business leaders delivered English and Turnbull a strong message to lead the fight against protectionism.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says progress towards a transtasman single economic market is being made.

Nobody knows which investment will turn out best, so it's not worth too much worry, writes Mary Holm.

Bill English and Malcolm Turnbull have delivered a two-fingered salute to @realDonaldTrump by vowing to try and push ahead with TPP.

Juha Saarinen descends on Wellington for Webstock and brings back a dispatch from the Nerdvana.

COMMENT: One of the things I've learned in my 57 years of living is that things don't always go according to plan, Graham McGregor writes.

COMMENT: AUT University says it is looking at developing journalism as a skill-set rather than a career prospect, John Drinnan writes.

As he prepared to launch out on a new career trajectory after 24 years with Spark, Chris Quin made three lists.

COMMENT: In an election year, a useful economic indicator of how Kiwis are feeling is consumer spending.

English's efforts to keep the TPP in play will be centre-stage when meets Malcolm Turnbull in Queenstown tomorrow.

COMMENT: Figures show far more wealthy Chinese than any other nationality have come into New Zealand, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

COMMENT: In last week's monetary policy statement , the word "uncertainty" came up eleven times, by Mark Lister's count.

You don't need to be a "bad hombre" to have your phone seized at airports.

COMMENT: In the retail world, big questions are swirling, how exactly did the Ivanka Trump brand fall so hard, so fast - where does it go from here?