If the Budget Bill English delivered in May was fiscally responsible and appropriately countercyclical.

Interest income on big cash holdings, hotel and milk business deals and rising values of investment properties helped push Waikato-Tainui's asset base up.

A former employee of Flight Centre who dishonestly accessed a computer system to fund a "lavish lifestyle" has been sentenced to five months' home detention.

Argentina is poised to miss a bond payment today, putting the country on the brink of its second default in 13 years.

New Zealand universities could see a surge in the number of students crossing the Tasman if a new funding system gets the go-ahead in Australia.

People may find it easier to secure jobs in the coming months with the hiring intentions of employers on the rise.

Business confidence continued to decline last month in ANZ's Business Outlook survey, to its lowest level for a year.

A business which failed to pay its employees the minimum wage and chose to pay workers in beer on Saturdays has been ordered to pay a former employee more than $12,000.

Employment confidence is at its highest level in nearly six years and Auckland has overtaken Canterbury as the most confident region, according to a survey.

This series by Tom Neil highlights insight that business, cultural and sports leaders have had in their career, and how this changed their lives forever.

Young enterprises make a disproportionate contribution to job creation, research by the OECD has found.

Employers are increasingly spending money to try to keep staff healthy, even if it comes at the cost of other company perks.

Advice from American career coach Joyce E.A. Russell about stepping into a management role for the first time.

Employers are having to adapt to a workforce ranging from school leavers to baby boomers as people stay working for longer.

A Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment report this month says amendments to the Employment Relations Act and the Holidays Act that the Govt made in 2011 have achieved some of their policy objectives in the short term.

Q: Is KiwiSaver an innovation to solve a demographic bulge and mitigate some perceived future social issues? Or is it an attempt to change attitudes on saving?

Statistics show that the so-called "black sheep of the family" is neither rare nor endangered.

IAG has been given the final regulator's tick to buy Wesfarmers' Lumley general insurance unit, adding to the dominance of NZ’s biggest general insurer.

It seems inescapable to conclude that the world is once more heading towards financial disaster, writes Dita De Boni.

India will offload about a quarter of its rice stockpiles and ease restrictions on selling fruit and veggies as a weak monsoon threatens crop output.

Yahoo says less than 40pc of its workforce is female and that many of the women are in non-leadership roles, amid a Silicon Valley debate over diversity.

Mining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.

The fate of a $70 million bid to mine ironsands off the ocean floor in the southern Taranaki Bight will be known this Wednesday.