Handwritten Christmas cards will always stand out from the deluge of e-cards sent out these days, writes Debra Chantry.

There's an old maxim in poker - "If you don't know who's getting screwed, get up and walk away from the table because it is you."

The benchmark NZX 50 Index hit its highest point yesterday and has risen by 17 per cent in 2014, marking another golden year for local equities.

The Supreme Court has declined an employer leave to appeal over the pay of a female aged-care worker, in what has become a fight to close the pay gap with men.

Two Kiwi pilots have won the right to stay in their jobs, after arguing that being forced to retire at the age of 55 was discrimination under New Zealand laws.

This was meant to be the year of the "rock star" economy. Finance Minister Bill English now describes it as the "rock solid" economy...

Next year's outlook for the New Zealand and Australian economies is the same as this year's - we are expected to outperform our Tasman neighbours once again.

The economy grew more strongly than expected in the September quarter but the positive surprise was overshadowed by the statisticians' downward revisions.

The raw figures look bad, and they are deteriorating.

Pyne Gould Corporation chairman Bryan Mogridge faced a barrage of investor questions around auditing delays at the company's annual meeting in Auckland yesterday.

Have you ever looked at a task, shaken your head and walked away feeling overwhelmed? And then you’ve beaten yourself up for procrastinating?

A new study shows the effect of temperatures on economic activity.

More than a third of American adults report getting less than 7 hours of sleep on weekdays. The reason? Work.

Russia has lost control of its economy and may be forced to impose Soviet-style exchange controls after the central bank failed to stem the collapse of the rouble.

Russia took its biggest step yet to shore up the ruble and defuse the currency crisis threatening its stricken economy.

The Government's widely touted return to surplus is likely to take a further 12 months and is largely reliant on cuts to spending.

Opposition parties say new Treasury forecasts that the Crown's books will not return to surplus this year as promised by the Government are an embarrassment.

Economic growth is expected to average a historically high annual rate of 2.8 per cent over the next five years.

The services sector slowed in November while remaining in expansion, adding to evidence the economy is adjusting to a more moderate pace of growth.

I've read a few articles about bringing Australian super across to KiwiSaver. I worked in Sydney for a year back in 2000.

At least the global climate change conference at Lima was not a train wreck, like Copenhagen five years ago.

Silver Fern Farms faces a bill of up to $3 million after it was ruled it made more than 100 Dunedin seasonal meat workers redundant.

Mighty River Power chairwoman Joan Withers talks to Henri Eliot on corporate governance.