Mary Holm answers readers personal finance queries.

COMMENT: The NZX has been hit by a serious bout of takeover fever, with bids for Tower and TeamTalk this week.

COMMENT: The Trump presidency will strongly influence the agenda for the meeting of the two Australasian prime ministers in Queenstown next Friday.

Let's hope that whoever succeeds Graeme Wheeler as Reserve Bank governor next year does as good a job as he has.

It wasn't a 3am, lightbulb moment that set Steve McCrone on a different path, it was a realisation of the whirlwind change shaping today's business environment.

MediaWorks bosses know better than anyone that the rebranding of TV3 will not send viewers racing to the channel, John Drinnan writes.

COMMENT: Why do some businesses survive or even thrive post-disaster, while others sink faster than the Titanic?

COMMENT: Anyone fancy a guess as to the return of US shares in the next 35 years? No one knows for sure, Brent Sheather writes.

COMMENT: One of the marketing challenges we face is in making our business both interesting and memorable to potential clients.

Ridding strategy of jargon can be a challenge, but it's likely to help businesses in the long run, Helen Twose writes.

COMMENT: There's bound to be a few surprises, but reporting season should generally make for encouraging reading, Mark Lister writes.

COMMENT: These great Google secret shortcuts can save you time.

COMMENT: Trump presidency will dominate talks between the New Zealand and Australian prime ministers, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

All over Australia, people are setting up home offices or renting space in shared offices and going to work for themselves, Christopher Niesche writes.

COMMENT: Many people seem to freeze like a possum in the headlights at the idea of reading their insurance policy.

COMMENT: Laddering means you'll always have some cash available.

COMMENT: NZ sharemarket is lagging in terms of size, liquidity and the ability to attract new listings.

COMMENT: Researchers found a correlation between increased number of IP addresses per capita and GDP growth, Juha Saarinen writes.

COMMENT: Does flexible seating boost innovation? Well, maybe, writes workplace design expert Donna Wheatley.

COMMENT: These four strategies to boost sales are often overlooked, Graham McGregor writes.

COMMENT: Time is far too easily gobbled up in meetings, Robyn Pearce writes.

COMMENT: Donald Trump's economy plan though highly flawed, will probably not crash the economy, and might steal a lot of the left's thunder.

COMMENT: Tech companies are mostly powerless despite their enormous wealth, Juha Saarinen writes.

It didn't take an Einstein to get who Bill English was really talking about at his Chinese New Year dinner speech, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

COMMENT: Who earns interest on bank holidays? And what's the best use of cash? Mary Holm answers your questions.

COMMENT: LinkedIn, you've got to be kidding me with the awful and completely informal word 'congrats'.

COMMENT: This is an ideal moment to get your money humming for the year.

COMMENT: Google managed the transition from the big screen to the small screen expertly, but the move to no screen is a different beast entirely.

COMMENT: Trump's ascendancy has induced business and consumer caution.

COMMENT: The sale of UDC Finance continues a disturbing trend over the past 30 years.