COMMENT: Sky shareholders must be jubilant with the proposed merger with Vodafone.

COMMENT: Debt is growing twice as fast as economic growth, writes Brian Fallow.

COMMENT: Another day, another media merger. The combination of Sky TV and Vodafone amounts to a takeover of Sky.

COMMENT: The Commerce Commission now has two major "media" marriages on its plate and others sure to follow as the sectoral shakeout ramps up.

COMMENT: A big selling point for cloud computing is resilience.

COMMENT: How to survive today's changing working conditions and not derail plans for the long term.

COMMENT: What do you do in your business that most other businesses in your field don't do?

COMMENT: NZ's total debt is poised to hit half a trillion dollars as mortgage lending surges to levels not seen since the global financial crisis.

COMMENT: This is going to be short. Sweet. Perhaps a bit life changing if you get piles of emails.

COMMENT: Does tertiary education needs a new approach?

COMMENT: Medical conditions boost premiums but hospital bills are even worse.

Juha Saarinen tries virtual reality and a number of gadgets at this year's Computex in Taiwan.

When Hamish Walker sits at the board table, all that's going through his mind is: will it make the boat go faster?

COMMENT: The domestic sharemarket has continued its march ahead, with the S&P/NZX 50 Index moving through 7000 points for the first time ever.

COMMENT: Legislation has been taken to remove the Emmissions Trading Scheme's buy one, get one free provision.

COMMENT: Bill English gave Maori TV n a $10.6 million boost in the Budget, although it has a $12.9 million nest egg built up over years of taxpayer funding.

Since May 2011 the market index has piled on an average increase of 14.6% a year, to the point where it is now almost double where it was in May 2011.

COMMENT: Will the Internet of Things, wearables and cloud computing shore up chip giant Intel's business?

COMMENT: Think of the long term value of someone having a good experience in your business.

COMMENT: Not talking about money with your kids is like not talking about sex. Avoiding it is not a great option.

Oil broke through US$50 ($75) a barrel last week for the first time since October.

Sky TV bosses say Television New Zealand is grabbing too much of its exclusive sports footage to use on news bulletins and websites.

COMMENBT: Fu Wah International, which already has plans to build two hotels in Auckland, wants to take a stake in a Kiwi retirement village operator.

COMMENT: The population is up, the Govt wants debt to go down. Net result: not a lot left to play with, writes Brian Fallow.

COMMENT: Much has been written about the mana of the Chiefs, so let's nod our heads and agree it's awesome. What isn't is playing for the Warriors.

COMMENT: In any relationship, familiarity can breed contempt if the needs of either party fail to be addressed, not yet so with Budget 2016.

COMMENT: English faces challenge in curbing Key's enthusiasm for tax cuts before election.

COMMENT: The 2016 Budget is a mix of bullish and Billish, writes Toby Manhire.

Liam Dann writes the 2016 Budget is the greens before the treats, but Bill English has delivered his promise of boring and stable.

COMMENT: Tax cuts seem off the table for now, and I think they should stay that way, writes Mark Lister.