The Australian sharemarket is expected to start the week slowly today but should pick up after the release of key data.

There comes a time in many people's lives when they feel they have nothing to prove any more. They've had their demanding, successful career, and now they want more quality of life - but they don't want to disappear into retirement.

Three years ago, Jonathan Davison, 32, achieved his goal to climb Mt Everest. One year later he joined Mainfreight's graduate programme.

Microsoft and Google have told a select committee considering the GCSB companion bill it will stifle innovation and could impact on economic growth.

Fonterra has lifted its forecast milk payout to farmers by 50 cents in the 2014 season.

It won't create a single new home, which is the crux of the crisis facing the country's two biggest cities, writes Brian Rudman.

An argument over a $5 fee has cost a Wellington motor lodge almost $12,000 and censure for wrongful dismissal.

Editorial: If foreign restrictions will help first-home seekers - and we should be sure of that first - they could be one of many policy levers used.

The challenge for New Zealand will be how to manage while the economies of its two biggest trading partners are slowing during continued strength in the Kiwi dollar

Wellington gives a "very confused picture of itself" to the rest of the country.

A capital gains tax on property makes little sense unless it also applies to the family home, says Bill English.

One of the last tax taboos, an explicit capital gains tax, doesn't generate the opposition it once did, writes Thomas Pippos.

Financial markets see almost no chance Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler will move the official cash rate from its all-time low of 2.5 per cent.

Analysts expect to see steady earnings growth for listed companies with exposure to New Zealand when the 2012/13 results season gets under way next month.

For 20 years, the world has watched in awe as the Chinese economy galloped ahead. Now it's slowing down, what does that mean for NZ?

First-time home buyers struggling to scrape together a deposit may soon be given a lending hand through changes to the KiwiSaver scheme.

If the #1 constraint on the growth of the economy over the next 5 years is a shortage of skilled labour, how can businesses position their team to get the right people and keep them?

Despite Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer instituting a "work from home" ban earlier this year, the general consensus among employers and employees is that finding a healthy work/life balance is good for staff and profits.

The idea that New Zealand has become one of the most unequal societies in the developed world is just not supported by the data, writes Brian Fallow.

Treasury officials warned against the SkyCity cash-for-convention-centre deal, saying there were doubts the taxpayer would get enough out of it.

Inflation fell to an annual rate of just 0.7 per cent in the June quarter, a 14-year low, but economists expect that to be as good as it gets.

Editorial: Restoring investor confidence in NZ's financial markets is a long-term proposition - and Sean Hughes showed how much can be done in 3 years.

While commerce and accounting graduates may have trouble finding entry jobs in their field, AUT University graduates in hospitality have a number of options.