The consensus view of the nation's economists is that New Zealand is well placed to take the rebuild costs from last week's quake in its stride.

"Maybe because we didn't see it coming, but also because it wasn't the life path we'd been sold as pups."

Prime Minister John Key has announced the launch of negotiations to upgrade the China Free Trade Agreement.

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Donald Trump has been declared bankrupt six times. Economists are afraid he could do the same to the US economy.

Many Kiwis believe that gender equality in senior positions is an issue

COMMENT: It is a welcome development that Statistics NZ is now producing household living-cost price indexes.

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Directors are more positive than previous years about the future of business and New Zealand's economy in the coming 12 months.

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A ranking of CEO compensation at companies filling benchmark indexes in 25 of the world's largest economies shows the biggest paychecks.

As Govt announces its relief package, Kaikoura businesses spell out what they need to survive.

People "lucky enough" to work in these jobs are going to rake in the cash when the next economic boom hits. Time for a career change?

Being an ethical business is something that "just makes sense" says TOMS footwear Australian managing director John Elliott.

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In a phone conversation, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have vowed to work together on 'strategic economic issues' and Syria.

As a teenager, Zane Harris rebelled against his alternative "hippie" upbringing and went on to pursue a corporate career. But a few

Learn from Christchurch and subsidise businesses hit by the devastating Kaikoura earthquake, former mayor Sir Bob Parker has told the Government.

Te Whanau-a-Apanui land trustees have set up a forest road engineering company on the East Cape, employing twenty locals, including ex-pats. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Trump's presidential victory has tossed new uncertainties into the carefully crafted plans of the US Federal Reserve.

US traffic to Immigration NZ is up 24-fold while Trade Me is seeing more Americans browsing jobs and property in the wake of the election.

Sticking cigarettes up bottoms and "cockfights". The bullying inside Australia's most humiliating workplace.

One in ten Kiwi house hunters are holding off on buying in the hope that the property market will crash, a new survey has found.

A Pak 'n Save deli manager was sacked for changing the use-by dates on chickens.

While foreign trade could suffer, oil drillers, gas pipelines, coal, and banks are likely to prosper under Donald Trump.

WATCH: Donald Trump is set to have a profound effect on the mortgage rates of New Zealanders.

The authentic you We all know those people... The ones who present a positive "brand" during working hours, then turn into a completely

COMMENT: Taking Donald Trump at his word, his election heralds a trade war, a recession, and a setback for climate change efforts.

You've got your pay-slip, but are you also privy to the detailed calculations involved to reach your wage figure? Even if you are

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