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Brian Gaynor: How household wealth has grown
COMMENT: NZ's conservative approach leaves us vulnerable to low interest rates.

Deadly tech: How Samsung hid fatal 'trade secrets'
Samsung is facing criticism for allegedly covering up the fatal poisoning of its workers. And the company's excuse is amazing.

Brian Fallow: Cash rate cut defies reality
COMMENT: There is little NZ can do about high dollar or inflation.

Not much chop - kiwi dollar spike defies cut
Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler talks to Liam Dann about the issues behind the rates cut decision.

Director gender pay gap closing: report
The pay gap between men and women directors on New Zealand boards is closing.

Exporters' hopes hit by bounce
The export sector's hopes for a lower exchange rate were dashed yesterday.

Dann: Rate cut, dollar rise...mad world
COMMENT: Despite a 0.25 cash rate cut to a record low of 2 per cent, our dollar shot up almost one US cent this morning.

First step on career ladder is high
Fresh out of university with a shiny new degree, interview nailed and job offer accepted, the prospect of finally starting the job

Labour calls for Monetary Policy review
Labour has called for an urgent review of monetary policy - saying the reaction to today's rates cut shows change is needed.

Hot IT industry allowing workers to job-hop
More than 50 per cent of IT industry workers are planning to change jobs within 12 months.

Agent admits 'reckless' misconduct
An Auckland real estate agent who has racked up more disciplinary breaches than any other has now admitted reckless misconduct and his licence is on the line.

Dollar rises ahead of RBNZ decision
The kiwi dollar tops 72 US cents ahead of the interest rate call by Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler

Contagion in the housing market
COMMENT: Auckland's housing bubble has spread to Tauranga and Hamilton: it's time to act

Rio Olympics - the day jobs of Team NZ
Many are seasoned pros - but some of our Rio Olympians work day jobs just like us.

Auckland house prices nudge up just 0.5pc
Property sales are down across New Zealand, with Auckland house prices barely lifting in July.

New loan rules snare bridging finance: Twyford
Labour housing spokesman Phil Twyford has called for a bank lending loophole to be closed, saying it is accidentally capturing people

Man sacked month after heart attack
The account manager was told by his doctor to stay off work for a month, but his boss said the company couldn't wait that long.

Grocer fined $53k for exploitation
The Wellington grocery store didn't pay a migrant worker minimum wage and forced him to pay 'premiums' of more than $10,000.

Making sense of all this housing data
WATCH: Liam Dann and Anne Gibson make sense of all the different property data that's released each month.

Can workers be taught emotional resilience?
You may know someone like this at work: optimistic and resilient, they appear to bounce through challenges drawing on an internal

Bond strength shows heat on Wheeler
We might not trouble the top of the Olympic medal table but when it comes to bond yields New Zealand is leading the pack.

Editorial: Reserve Bank is solving the wrong issue
EDITORIAL: This country has no need to lower its interest rates.

Harold Hillman: How to coach more and manage less
COMMENT: The distinction between managing and coaching is not about one being better than the other.

NZ dollar down after US payroll surge
The New Zealand dollar fell in New York trading after figures showed the United States economy stacked on thousands more jobs than

Rate cut foregone conclusion - Traders
Traders say a Reserve Bank interest rate cut next week is a foregone conclusion.

Career Coach: Initiative gets you everywhere
Taking initiative is an important factor when considering someone for a career advancement, business leaders say.

Brian Fallow: Debt monster gaining weight
COMMENT: As mortgage loans soar, incomes aren't keeping pace.

You're not redundant, the job is
Redundancy can mean different things for different people - for some it's an opportunity to do something new and more meaningful than the job they're leaving; for others is can be devastating, difficult to deal with and recover from.