China is proving a counter-balance to Donald Trump's protectionist sentiments.

COMMENT: Most money fights are not about money at all, Tom Hartmann writes.

COMMENT: Big business is on a collision course with some conservative Australian politicians, Christopher Niesche writes.

COMMENT: Liam Dann locks in his interest rate for a longer period and wonders if it's asking for a global meltdown.

COMMENT: Children need bank accounts, they help them learn about the financial facts of life.

COMMENT: Want to know what's going on in NZ's external affairs? Ask Australia.

KiwiSaver is a fantastic long-term superannuation scheme but it has one major drawback: limited domestic investment opportunities.

COMMENT: Both income and asset tests decide who gets a subsidy, Mary Holm writes.

COMMENT: Mobile plans with data caps won't make use of new 4.5G networks, Juha Saarinen writes.

COMMENT: If you can't say what you do in 30 seconds, you won't be able to say it in 30 minutes either.

COMMENT: Can you learn debt lessons by playing at loan shark?

COMMENT: Have we reached a point where people trust company employees more than CEOs?

Keep an eye on your local petrol pump. Prices shouldn't be rising soon, thanks to an oil price slump.

COMMENT: The cache of CIA documents released by Wikileaks doesn't tell us much new, Juha Saarinen writes.

Would you like greater marketing success from less cost in time, dollars and effort?

Dutch researchers have found that electronic energy meters can be wildly inaccurate.

In spite of global uncertainty, the NZ economy has enjoyed extended growth.

I have a burning question. Why do banks send credit cards to teenagers when they turn 18?

Both taxpayers and ratepayers are backing a new film studio complex at Kumeu. The facilities, which include giant tanks for filming

Even Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve seem to have climbed aboard.

COMMENT: Beyond teaching children with pocket money, there are a handful of reasons we end up handing cash over to the kids.

COMMENT: Bill English has thrown down the gauntlet on Super, but is he just trying to avoid a real debate?

When signing away terms and services agreement, most people probably don't realise what their data is being used for.

Chief executives' personal lives used to be just that, but that could be changing.

Mt Albert MP is already a political celebrity. Now she has to look like a leader in waiting.

Your correspondent [last week] trying to increase their credit card limit and being declined by ANZ was the exact experience I have

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.