It all started when a "self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout" wrote that she was tired of stereotypes.

The workplace is filled with opportunities to negotiate. The most important thing you can do is fully prepare, writes Joyce Russell.

The 'global savings glut theory' has been around since 2005 when US central banker Ben Bernanke started talking about it, writes Bernard Hickey.

Wal-mart has boosted wages, yet for some of the hundreds of thousands of workers getting no raise, there is rising dissent.

Karla L. Miller's advice column on how to deal with a boss who is very open in the workplace about his religious beliefs.

It is not only Southlanders who can breathe a sigh of relief that the Tiwai Pt smelter received a stay of execution this week, writes Brian Fallow.

Microsoft is improving its policies as the issue of gender equity gains greater prominence in the tech industry.

A key result from EY's recent global job creation survey indicates that 65 per cent of those aged between 18 and 25 plan to run their own business at some point: 27 per cent immediately and 38 per cent after working for someone else.

The New Zealand dollar gained against its trans-tasman counterpart after Australia's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose.

New stats show a big fall in median prices for July.

About one thousand meatworkers at eight Affco plants in the North Island have voted to strike for two days.

In Star Trek: The Next Generation, no one is doing business. Is this possible for our future? Noah Smith writes.

Home values on Auckland's North Shore are up 17.6 per cent year-on-year and a huge 6.2 per cent since May.

A former Citibank and UBS trader is going to jail after a jury found him guilty of masterminding the manipulation of the key Libor interest rate.

New car registration numbers are at a record high but the rate of growth is slowing.

The chief executive of a credit card company is counting the cost of his decision to set a minimum wage of $70,000 for all his 120 employees.

Tom Hartmann takes a moment to look at a fundamental of investing: how soon you need your money back.

The research and ratings agency has released its latest survey on KiwiSaver funds and found currency had a big part to play in which funds had the highest returns.

An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

Net migration is increasing our population by more than 1 per cent a year and that's not counting natural population growth, writes Bernard Hickey.

Facebook has announced that other companies can use its internal diversity training. But is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do?"

Countries with large current-account surpluses need to boost domestic demand to help correct imbalances, says the IMF.

The qualities that make a great athlete are strikingly similar to the qualities that make for a great business leader.

We need to return to a leadership land where we put people ahead of money, short-term opportunism and pure shareholder interest, writes Chris Till.

New Zealand business confidence fell for a second month, to the most pessimistic in six years, led by the agricultural sector and construction companies.

Kiwis are better off than you might have thought, suggests a study of teens' living conditions.

Law change aims to reduce legacy of workplace harm, write Christie Hall and Zena Razoki.

The New Zealand dollar fell as Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler's message that the currency needs to depreciate combined with a more optimistic United States labour market.

When Victoria Crone was sounded out for a heavy-hitting board role, she had just one question: "What is your appetite for change?"