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Editorial: Biz confidence

Every year, the Herald surveys this country's chief executives to ascertain and assess their views on the outlook for their businesses and the economy.

Brian Fallow: Housing costs back under spotlight

The Productivity Commission has been sent back into the minefield of housing costs.

Future of work - tips for top office

Technology will drive a rapid change in the working environment during the next five years, says workplace design expert Donna Wheatley. Wheatley, who has a PhD in workplace design, said rapidly evolving technology was enabling people to be more...

Brainwashed by 'cult of busy'

We're all just so "busy" these days. "Slammed" in fact. "Buried," writes blogger Meredith Fineman. "There seems to be a constant exchange, even a one-upping, of just how much we have on our plates when we communicate about our work."

Keep interest rate steady: experts

NZIER's monetary policy shadow board recommends the Reserve Bank keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent tomorrow.

Stats NZ workers strike over unfair pay

About 80 Statistics New Zealand workers staged a rowdy protest during a day of strike action to highlight what they claim is unfair pay and an offer that excludes across the board pay-rises.

IT bosses keen to pay up

About 75 per cent of Auckland IT employers want to recruit additional staff in the coming year.

Fringe party policies 'mad'

A top economist has labelled small political parties' policies "mad" and a serious risk to New Zealand.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Five productivity mistakes you make

Frantic? Stressed from your never ending ‘to do’ list? A few simple tweaks can help you work smarter, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

Liam Dann: Playing dirty has no place in our market

The business community has, until now, been watching the Dirty Politics scandals play out with bemusement and a certain degree of detachment.

Paul Charman: Unpaid Kiwi internships on the rise

Some university graduates hoping to break into well-paid careers are working months at a time as unpaid interns.

Waring gains economics honour

Feminist economist Professor Marilyn Waring is this year's winner of the NZIER Economics award.

IMF chief vows to fight claim

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has vowed to fight a formal accusation that she acted negligently and permitted an alleged 400 million fraud when she was French finance minister.

IMF chief Lagarde under investigation in France

Tech zeal keeps TIN man on task

Greg Shanahan knows a lot about the New Zealand technology sector. For the past 15 years, he has been following the progress of almost 300 of the nation's top technology companies and reporting on their successes.

Brian Fallow: Seismic shift needed in perverse tax rules

How's this for an anomaly: if a commercial property is munted in an earthquake, and maybe even kills someone, it gives rise to a tax deduction, but seismic strengthening work to reduce the risk of that happening does not.

Fonterra's $555m expansion deal

Food prices fall in July, OCR hold talk builds