COMMENT: China was the obvious elephant in the room when Joe Biden visited NZ as the Obama Administration moved to assert US supremacy in the region.

COMMENT: Artificial intelligence and big data tipped to wreak havoc on traditional models.

COMMENT: if you're a Canon refugee to Sony cameras, the Sigma MC-11lens adapter is definitely worth trying out.

COMMENT: Is Rod Drury going out of his way to bite the hand that feeds him?

COMMENT: Real danger is house prices, not low inflation.

COMMENT: More than 20 years after launching Magnum icecreams, it's still a case study Rob Hennin regularly comes back to.

COMMENT: TVNZ's declaration that it will find a prime-time spot for Terry Teo will quieten cries that it might only be shown through OnDemand.

COMMENT:The UK, like NZ, has had its share of problems in the retail financial advice space.

COMMENT: If the Government needed another wake-up call it's got one.

COMMENT: Trade disputes are difficult but the allegation of steel dumping by China is playing out more messily than most.

COMMENT: Apple is releasing a new version of its mobile operating system this fall and I would not recommend that most people download this beta.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Liam Dann says the Reserve Bank will be criticised as a blunt and unwieldy weapon - but there's a need for action.

COMMENT: Everyone is not your ideal client.

COMMENT: As the world's economic bogeyman low inflation has been swamped this year by global political turmoil.

The bargains might seem nice, but low prices are not great news.

COMMENT: You? Me? The government? Have your say.

COMMENT: HomeStart grant, which can provide a boost of $3000-$20,000 depending on your circumstances, has different hurdles to the KiwiSaver withdrawal.

COMMENT: Why are politicians of all colours so afraid? And whose interests are they protecting when they say such falls are "crazy"?

COMMENT: Stephen Jennings' warning that "we are facing an iceberg" that deserves to shatter business complacency on housing.

COMMENT: Investing in instalments can have advantages over making a one-off deposit.

COMMENT: Building a smartwatch that ticks all the boxes is a massive challenge.

COMMENT: Landlords must be feeling pretty unloved these days.

If it's 4pm on a Tuesday, you won't find Competenz chief executive Fiona Kingsford in the office.

COMMENT: Running the eight-page China Watch PR/propaganda sheet (take your pick) seems self-destructive for this respected media brand.

COMMENT: Malcolm Turnbull's narrow win in Australia ought to put fellow political brahmin John Key on notice.

COMMENT: The practical impacts of this new legislation will be significant and will ripple across the entire supply chain.

COMMENT: Markets are full of surprises - especially for commentators and experts who think they know it all.

COMMENT: Do you find GPS technology sometimes useful but also distracting and limiting?

COMMENT: Money strategies for your super savvy kids.

COMMENT: What can you think of that is a welcomed gift, and yet is also a piece of blatant marketing?