New vehicle sales reached their highest ever for November with 2014 expected to be a record year.

Joyce Russell answers reader questions about pursuing a job lead, the threat of being fired and leveraging offers.

By focusing on a 1 per cent daily improvement in any area of life, you'll become more effective in a short period of time, writes Robyn Pearce. .

Disruption is shaking up the existing order in today's workplaces. The aim of Frog Recruitment's final iNTRAPRENEUR breakfast for 2014 was to find out if we need to panic about the breakthrough disruptions that are reshaping the world of work.

The Reserve Bank of Australia said its currency, near a 4-year low, remains overvalued and needs to decline further to assist the economy, which is growing at a moderate pace.

The rock-star economy will give an encore next year, says the economist who attached that label to New Zealand.

On his 60th birthday Woody Allen is supposed to have joked that "practically a third of my life is over". Optimistic maybe, but illustrative - as Patrick Nolan explains.

At a time when commodity producers are enduring a slump in prices for everything, Vietnam's pepper farmers are prospering.

The drop in dairy prices hasn't caused Finance Minister Bill English to rethink his confidence behind the forecast of the government reaching surplus next year.

New Zealand's economy remains patchy and continues to give off mixed signals, says Shamubeel Eaqub, NZIER principal economist.

To suspicious eyes, it starts to look as if the Govt is in ideological thrall to the 1980s dogmas that the smaller the state the better, and whatever the problem, the solution is a market, writes Brian Fallow.

Driving environmental sustainability at a petrol retailer seems counterintuitive at best; at worst, being on a hiding to nothing.

Being able to identify recruitment agencies who share your enthusiasm about your career and provide a 'whole person' approach is key.

New residential mortgage lending hit $4.9 billion last month, its highest level since last March and a 7.2 per cent increase on October last year, according to the Reserve Bank.

There's a common belief that women are better at multi-tasking than guys. It's only partly true.

The labour watchdog says it's time for communities to take a stand against migrant workers being exploited by their bosses, as 11 Auckland restaurants have been fined for failing to provide employment records.

Eleven Auckland restaurants have been fined $66,000 for failing to provide employment records to a labour inspector.

"Get on yer bike," Ricoh New Zealand managing director Michael Pollok is telling staff. And he means it.

A Curriculum Vitae or CV is your calling card to prospective employers - it is there to attract attention so you get that all-important interview.

Jim Moffatt, chief executive of Deloitte Consulting, talks about his long career at Deloitte and whether the world has too many consultants.

It could be the end of a dream for many as migration figures show that more New Zealanders are not only staying put but others across the Tasman are coming home.

An increasing number of Kiwi firms are trying to keep staff healthy by shouting breakfast or fruit, running exercise or weight loss challenges.

New Zealand's annual migration rose to a fresh record for the third consecutive month in October, led by an increase in student arrivals from India.

The Reserve Bank is working on new regulations for loans to big property investors which are likely to see them pay higher interest rates.

New Zealand's fiscal outlook is not dire, but threatens to become so if the issues of an ageing population and poor-quality government spending are not addressed, says the New Zealand Initiative.

An Auckland restaurant has been ordered to pay $22,000 for failing to pay wages and holiday pay to migrant workers, in the latest action taken against its owner.

Rob Jeffrey was an understandably proud parent when he joined sons Grant and Craig and their team as they picked up the top award for family-owned company Kiwifruitz.