Firms happiest in 14 years
Businesses are the most cheerful they have been since 1999, a good sign for growth and employment but a potential harbinger of higher inflation and interest rates.
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Labour steps up attack on LVRs
John Key has hit back at Labour over new Reserve Bank mortgage lending limits, saying home buyers are better off under National due to lower interest rates.
Key 'confident' market will settle
Prime Minister John Key says he is confident the property market will settle down, despite the Reserve Bank's new mortgage lending restrictions.
Ways to promote leadership jobs for women deserve closer attention
People have been talking about increasing women in leadership for decades, yet little progress has been made over the past 10 years.
Career development a two-way street
Auckland business Douglas Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1967 by managing director Sir Graeme Douglas, is one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical development and manufacturing companies in the Pacific area.
Sam Shuttleworth: LVR speed limits designed to curb inflation and shield economy
The struggle to enter the property market for the first time has been a hot topic, from property availability to lending criteria.
Brian Fallow: Productivity gap a real mystery
Let's start by acknowledging that New Zealand struggles to earn a First World living.
BurgerFuel opens drive-through
New Zealand fast food operator BurgerFuel has cut the ribbon on what it claims is the world's first gourmet burger drive-through.
Phillip Mills: The good oil? There's no such thing
This week, dozens of people from the international oil industry are in the capital for a conference.
Change is work's great constant
We all know change is a constant in the business world and companies going through transformations have become more the norm.
What do you do? A simple question - but the answer can reveal much
When people meet for the first time, the conversation often touches on what they do for a living. Responses to the question "what do you do?" can vary widely, from detailed narratives of work tasks to a one-word job title.
Courts toughen redundancy checks
Employment courts are looking at company redundancy decisions to check that newly created jobs are not the same as the ones being axed and that there is a solid business case for cutting staff numbers.
Economy lifts 0.2 per cent
The economy eked out growth of 0.2 per cent in the June quarter as a buoyant services sector offset the toll the drought took on agricultural production and manufacturing.
Professionals learning for life
Continuing professional development is a must for anyone who wants to get ahead in a world where everything from plumbing to brain surgery is changing at a pace.
Wall St rallies to new records
A surprise decision from the Federal Reserve has pushed Wall St up to new highs.
Kiwi job change in world's highest
New Zealand has one of the highest job turnover rates but experts say this shows people are willing to take job risks in a recovering economy.
Brian Fallow: Damage to carbon scheme revealed
The kindest view you could have of the emissions trading scheme, what's left of it, is that it is a brutally pruned seedling barely surviving in frozen ground.
NZX looking to make a brain gain
Many bigger companies have launched graduate programmes as a way to attract the best and brightest straight out of university and nurture them into the culture of the company.
Forecast June quarter slip seen as blip
The economy may have contracted in the June quarter, as the effects of the summer drought hit home, economists say.
France targets high-tech future
President Francois Hollande denied he was returning France to the age of state interventionism as he launched 34 projects.