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Employee surveillance software sales have skyrocketed during lockdown.
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Almost 90 jobs go from licensing trust
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Comment: 'Rich-nation status or quaint economic backwater. Its our choice.'
Job security slumps as new survey maps financial confidence
A new survey shows that Covid-19 delivered an unprecedented hit to financial resilience.
Campaign urges Kiwis to buy a job
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Concerns Govt lacks vision for Māori economy post-Covid
The pandemic has hurt many Māori businesses and critics say there is no plan to help them.
Australia handling Covid consequences better than NZ: PM's advisory council
The Business Advisory Council has delivered a cutting message to PM Jacinda Ardern.
Four-day work week: Jacinda Ardern floats new idea for post-Covid NZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stresses a need to be 'open minded' about options.
Neal Barclay: Renewable energy can power recovery
Comment: Renewable generation projects need to be pushed through the planning process.
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CEO weighs in on wage subsidies.
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NZ mortgage rates need to fall further, says Reserve Bank
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Workers laid off as water restrictions follow Covid-19 shutdown
'Covid-19 hurt my business. Water restrictions killed my business.'
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Milford expert on Budget 2020: 'It's how, not how much'
Budget opens potential, but implementation will determine success, writes Mark Riggall.
'Massive bankruptcies' in two-year global meltdown: expert
Covid-19 is set to have a long-term impact on the economy.
Budget 2020: Business leaders say where the Govt got it right
The Covid recovery fund gets the thumbs up from executives surveyed
Workers distraught after restaurant chain lays off 150 despite wage subsidy
Good Group says pandemic has decimated business, and it kept as many staffers as it could.
Mary Holm: Invest or pay off the mortgage? The balance is changing
With mortgage rates so low, wouldn't it be better to put your money into a share fund.
Mary Holm: Should I stick with the market through its ups and downs?
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Budget 2020: Economists deliver post-Budget hangover
While broadly supportive of the Budget economists are wary of high debt and rosy forecasts
NZ shares edge lower as investors digest QE, Covid fund
The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 14.48 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 10,730.68.
Thomas Pippos: It's the economy stupid!
The Government dodged rather than addressed the tax bullet.