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Slowdown predictions 'overstated'
Real estate chief says fears about Auckland property market unfounded as prices rocket 14 per cent.

Banknotes: Which ones are better?
The Reserve Bank of Australia has unveiled the design of the country's new $5 banknote, and the reaction has been mixed.

Anna Russell: Why is attitude everything?
COMMENT: Anna Russell discusses why attitude is the key to success.

Robyn Pearce: Clearing out clutter can change lives
COMMENT: What great places or organisations do you know that can benefit from our 'junk'?

Liam Dann: Record angel spend great omen for economy
COMMENT: If there is an upside to the dairy downturn it might be the economic incentive it provides for New Zealanders to try new things.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: How you free up weeks of your life
COMMENT: Debbie Mayo-Smith talks how to free up your time.

Brian Fallow: When work isn't working
COMMENT: Technology and foreign competition are consuming jobs, but a universal income is too crude and costly a solution.

Gordon MacDonald: Updated law encourages everyone to help keep our team safe
COMMENT: No one wants to see a worker, colleague or friend hurt. No boss wants to have to tell a family member that their loved one is in hospital or worse still, won't be coming home ever again, writes Grant McDonald.

Rabobank tips dairy prices to improve
World dairy production is slowing, which should push up prices in 2017, rural lending specialist Rabobank said in its quarterly outlook.

Booming sharemarket tipped to go even higher
NZ shares have been on a roll, but a fund manager says the local market still isn't overvalued and could keep grinding higher as the year plays out.

Reddits' top ten Kiwi employment tips
Here are Reddit users' top ten tips for gaining employment.

The Economy Hub: Where to next?
Watch: The Kiwi dollar's rise this month has forced banks to revise their forecasts while they wait to see what the US Fed's next move is.

Employers consider recruitment options
Businesses using recruitment agencies to hire staff may be missing out on exposure to almost half of prospective applicants.

Bosses face tough new safety laws
Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.

Yahoo to lose another senior manager
Yahoo is losing the senior vice president who oversees talent acquisition and development.

Fed's caution boosts kiwi
The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 3.2 per cent weekly gain against the greenback.

Holidays Act is landing businesses in hot water
COMMENT: Why is this legislation so difficult to comply with and which types of businesses are most at risk?

Economists are warming to government intervention
COMMENT: Economists argue so much about everything that people are always asking them "Is there anything you folks agree on?"

Brian Fallow: Froth disguises the facts
COMMENT: At a first glance, economic growth lately does not look too bad. At a closer look, the picture is more froth than beer.

A funny thing happened on the way to recession
COMMENT: Pessimism over the economic outlook and in financial markets was overdone early this year -- but so too is the more recent euphoria.

Upskilling to escape plateaus
Learning new things in the workplace can contribute to a change in your career narrative, discovers Joanna Mathers

Tom O'Neil: The importance of personal brand
Today individuals are brands in the workplace.

Forestry death: 'It was a horror show'
A Northland forestry worker didn't get to hospital for more than four hours after he was struck by a log and his distraught mother wants to know why.

Immigration boom flatters economy
WATCH: The Economy Hub - Guest panelists Dominick Stephens and Chris Green talk about immigration.

Mark Lister: Economy growing but retailers still feeling pain
New Zealand is coming off a period of strong growth, and will potentially lose a little steam over the coming year or two.