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Stock takes: Questionable Criticism

The criticism New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has levelled at Dame Jenny Shipley for her role with China Construction Bank's local operation is hard to take seriously.

Opinion: Stick to script, say nothing

Dita De Boni writes: "No matter what the issue, McCully's modus operandi is to issue a press release so insipid it makes the phone directory look like top-shelf literature."

AMP tips dollar to drop

AMP Capital New Zealand, which manages more than $18 billion of assets, is betting the kiwi dollar will fall as economic growth passes its peak.

Vista's float price low, but 'not a steal'

The final pricing for Vista Group's sharemarket float is towards the lower end of the indicative range.

Fonterra hails end of EU quotas

Big changes lie ahead for the international dairy trade when the European Union (EU) dismantles its 30-year-old quota system next year.

Sunglass work ban rejected by Court

A permanent ban against a former shareholder of a budget sunglasses distributor from working in a similar New Zealand business is void, according to a High Court judge.

100 years of measuring prices

Prices in New Zealand have shot up by 7500 per cent during the past century - but milk, cheese and eggs are relatively cheaper than in 1914.

OCR tipped to rise next week

Economists still expect the Reserve Bank to raise its official cash rate to 3.5 per cent next week.

Lester Binns: You can thrive in smaller centres

Editorial: Trade deal costly

Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, must have noticed a striking difference between New Zealand and Australia when he visited the countries on consecutive days this week.

Growth hurdle for dairy giants

Fonterra and other big players on the international dairy market will need to buy or tie up with more companies to maintain the kind of growth they have enjoyed over the last few years.

NZ Super Fund - I'm invested in what?

Petfood, honey, a real estate agent, menswear, tea & coffee — you might not know it, but thanks to the Super Fund, you’ve got a stake in them all, reports Lesley Springall.

Geoff Cooper: Radical planning shift needed for Auckland to prosper

A simple Unitary Plan of self-determination is appealing, but land use choices are riddled with unintended consequences, writes Geoff Cooper.

Brian Fallow: Housing costs show poverty gap

Of all the ways of measuring income inequality and poverty the most instructive, surely, are those which take account of housing costs.

Creative sector big NZ economic star

Reserve bank lifts growth 'speed limit'

The Reserve Bank has revised up its estimate of the economy's potential or non-inflationary growth rate next year, but it is still shy of the levels prevailing between the mid-90s and mid-2000s.

Domecq launches business service

Entrepreneur Christina Domecq launched her latest business, Ora, at an event last night that included an address from Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce.

Tighten visa control: OECD report

Would-be immigrants with higher-level English language skills may be given higher priority after an international review of New Zealand's migration policy.