Sweden is the first country to trial six-hour working days, following a study that outlines the risks of working longer.

A self-diagnosed workaholic, Jeanette Russell knows that a real vacation requires her to completely unplug, it's also company policy.

Dairy prices were up for the fourth time in a row in the latest world dairy auction. Why?

Record numbers of $1m-plus house sale prices linked to growing applications for work in regions.

Labour is urging the Government to push ahead with plain packaging for cigarettes after the TTP forbade tobacco companies from directly suing NZ.

Business confidence extended its decline in the third quarter, plunging to its lowest level in more than four years.

Auckland property market rebounds, with average prices jumping from $821,079 in August to $836,275 last month.

A 50-year-old truck driver crushed and lacerated by metal beams while unloading his vehicle at a Hamilton factory remains in a serious but stable condition at Waikato Hospital this morning.

This week's GlobalDairyTrade auction is shaping up to be another strong one.

Investing in bonds need not leave you shaken or stirred. Mary Holms explains what bonds are and and how they rate as an investment.

Bosses should stop encouraging employees to become leaders - and teach them how to be followers instead.

New Zealand stocks booked their worst quarter since June 2012, retreating for a second quarter.

Turns out the millennial generation has some pretty high expectations from their employers.

Brian Fallow asks, can the techniques economists use predict the winner of the Rugby World Cup? It is about quantifying the relative explanatory power of the variables.

Investors love a good success story, and few local stories have the blockbuster appeal of New Zealand dairy, writes Graham Turley.

Elon Musk is a notorious workaholic. As the head of SpaceX and Tesla has long made clear, he doesn't really need much vacation.

Moves to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market appear to be having an effect.

Fonterra's chief executive has asked for a freeze on his $4m salary.

The kiwi fell to 63.06 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 63.32 cents at 8.30am, and down from 63.99 cents yesterday.

Are businesses placing less importance on university degrees?

Teaching economics to adolescent boys often requires the use of bad analogies to reduce their natural inclination towards sleep, writes Peter Lyons. I am blessed with a monotone that invites slumber.

Harvard research suggests women aren't in leadership positions because they just don't want the jobs as much as men do.

Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.

Businessman Michael Thompson argues he should be able to keep more than half of an $8 million payment the Supreme Court says is relationship property.

A decades-long employee of a transport firm will receive thousands in "distress compensation" after he was made redundant.

Ministers can't make blanket refusals to release documents the High Court at Wellington has been told.

The process around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is coming under judicial review in the High Court today.

In Germany, about 12 percent of people consent to be organ donors; in Austria it's 99.9 percent.