A telemarketer who told her supervisor she was going to "smash her" has been awarded $5000 for wrongful dismissal.

The New Zealand dollar climbed more than half a US cent after new Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler gave no indication he's leaning towards cutting rates.

Editorial: The first interest rate move by a new governor of the Reserve Bank is bound to be closely watched this morning.

Housing affordability is still a problem and the "housing market is not working properly'', says Finance Minister Bill English.

An apparent absence of economic rationality is not the only reason for questioning the Government's sense of priorities over this issue, writes Bryan Gould.

Avoiding or evading tax used to be socially acceptable, or at least not socially unacceptable. Bernard Hickey looks at how artful these dodgers can be.

Sure, people want a job. But more than that, they want to avoid boredom and take pride in their work, writes Ditia De Boni. "Life is too short to endure a psychotic boss."

"The United States is bringing challenging proposals to the table in terms of increasing protections for the creators of intellectual property," Stephen Jacobi.

The former chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase's NZ branch says he missed job opportunities because the bank failed to refer to his correct title.

Tax-dodging Kiwis cheated the country out of at least $80 million in undeclared income last year - and the scale of the problem remains unknown.

A waiter sacked from a popular Auckland cafe for allegedly stealing a $15 tip wants to move on with his life after a "horrible" ordeal to clear his name.