One of the wildest ideas to hit the US Presidential campaign trail might become a reality sooner than you would think.

One of the country's highest-profile sporting bodies is among dozens of corporates to put staff through an alcohol awareness programme.

Look around - in the next few years, most of your colleagues will be gone, a leading workplace expert has warned. But there's good news.

The New Zealand dollar gained from a two-month low.

This country would benefit from many more people, and better preparation for their arrival.

Auckland's housing situation is as bad as Christchurch post earthquake, Minister of Economic Development Steven Joyce says.

Dubbed the Millennial Meltdown - it's a very easy trap to fall into.

COMMENT: This Budget will not be defined by what is in it, but by what is missing, Labour MP Grant Robertson says.

COMMENT: The population is up, the Govt wants debt to go down. Net result: not a lot left to play with, writes Brian Fallow.

The 9 to 5 workday is a thing of the past, with more and more workers requesting - and obtaining - greater flexibility in when and where they work, writes Sarah Ell

Emissions Trading Scheme is to be scrapped.

New spending in transport bypasses Auckland and goes regional.

Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell has secured $17.8 million to get a new Maori land service up and running.

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce announced an extra $410.5 million to fund science projects.

Cash boosts for our largest funds for mission-led research have been welcomed by New Zealand's independent government body for the sciences.

Electricity producers, transport fuel providers and industries with high carbon emissions will lose access to the subsidy that requires them to offset only half their emissions.

Population growth, tourism, construction and low interest rates will underpin a robust economic outlook for the next four years.

Bill English has unveiled a rosier set of fiscal projections as the fastest population growth in 40 years drives economic growth, turning around a deficit last year.

Five keys to a great Skype interview

COMMENT: Lateral thinking helps family out of a traffic situation.

COMMENT: Set yourself regular checking times, but not in your prime creative time.

Are you more likely to meet your boss's expectations than your own?

The Kiwi fell as traders continued to see the possibility of US interest rates rising next month.

WATCH: Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says he expects forecasts in this week's Budget to be overly optimistic.

Soaring house prices spurred by Auckland's rampant real estate market is one of the most pressing problems facing John Key ahead of Thursday's Budget.

COMMENT: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Government isn't making election promises to those in need.

Watch: Economy Hub: Does the PM's promise of $3b in tax cuts threatens to make next week's budget "obsolete".

When this CEO gets the occasional phone call from a shareholder they're genuinely taken aback to be speaking directly to the boss rather than his PA.

COMMENT: Unwinding a cross-subsidy is never popular among those who have been on the bludger's end of one.