'Tis the season for shareholders to speak up
COMMENT: The annual meeting season is about to begin.
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Mary Holm: Look before plunging into property
COMMENT: Renting and saving while house prices are high may be the best option.
Traders called it early and lost out big time
COMMENT: The political fallout will be equally dramatic as Britain and the EU work through whatever plan they have for the break-up.
Fran O'Sullivan: Time for Key to bolster 'bestie'
COMMENT: If ever John Key was in a position to help his political "bestie" this is it.
Vodafone, your customers aren't happy
COMMENT: Has Vodafone become yet another complacent telco, asks Juha Saarinen.
Givealittle becoming new life insurance?
COMMENT: No insurance? Turn to Givealittle for financial support.
John Drinnan: Curious timing for dual roles
COMMENT: As massive upheavals rip through the media, our state broadcaster has shown an extraordinary sense of timing.
Brian Fallow: Uphill struggle to spur growth
COMMENT: The economy's vital signs don't look too bad, at first glance.
Robyn Pearce: Use technology to save time, money and sanity
COMMENT: There's no such thing as a 'quick and easy' shopping experience with small children.
Brent Sheather: Property syndicate problems
COMMENT: Kiwi investors are not immune to the forces of property syndicates.
Fran O'Sullivan: Key's welcome mat for loyal investors
COMMENT: John Key wants a more practical approach from the Overseas Investment Office when long-term foreign investors buy more assets, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Liam Dann: Has migration peaked?
COMMENT: New Zealand's economic miracle - the desire of people to come and live here - is showing signs of peaking.
Juha Saarinen: Coding or research career? An app could decide that
COMMENT: How do you prevent your idea from drowning in the sea of other apps?
Get Sorted: And we keep on keepin' on...
COMMENT: More than ever people are planning on working well past 65 - how do we feel about that?
Debbie Mayo-Smith: How wrong are your marketing activities?
COMMENT: How wide is the gulf between what you know you should do; and what you actually are doing?
The big Brexit scare NZ should ignore
As it looks plausible that the Brexit vote could win on Friday, it's worth considering the economic implications, writes Liam Dan.
Helen Twose: Where there's a will, there's less pain
A couple of weeks back I asked Charlotte Lockhart from Perpetual Guardian about what happens to KiwiSaver funds when you die.
How to pop a housing bubble
COMMENT: The figures confirmed the Auckland housing market is running hot through the winter and the heat from that "halo" is spreading around the country.
Fran O'Sullivan: Hint to NZ - Look outside negotiation box
COMMENT: Kiwis are noticeably chilly about signing up to quick free trade deal especially if agriculture is ignored.
Brian Gaynor: All the rules have changed
COMMENT: The Commerce Commission will have its hands full looking at the proposed merger between Sky TV and Vodafone NZ.
Fieldays verdict: Agri-pocalypse not now
COMMENT: The big question is whether Fieldays still provides an accurate barometer for NZ's agriculture sector and by proxy the wider economy.
Mary Holm: Dodgy sales pitch makes the blood boil
COMMENT: Insurance man confused at best, lying at worst -- KiwiSaver schemes equal on matter of tax credits.
Diana Clement: Finances tricky matter in break ups
COMMENT: Children complicate things further, with child support thrown in the mix.
Gear Friday: Self-balancing board, anyone?
COMMENT: Nobody needs a self-balancing board that's propelled by an electric motor.
John Drinnan: Merger fever sweeps the land
COMMENT: Everyone wants a new partner these days. NZME is eyeing up Fairfax while Vodafone woos Sky.
Stock takes: New deals in buoyant market
Comment: Are we entering a period of extensive capital raising?
Brian Fallow: Nostalgia no basis for Brexit
Comment: Britain's potential divorce from the EU leaves us all wondering where we stand, Brian Fallow writes.
Falconer: New deal Asean answer to TPP
COMMENT: just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, there's another mega regional trade negotiation coming right at you.
Fran O'Sullivan: Sceptics unmoved by spirit of glasnost
COMMENT: Predictably NZ's free trade sceptics were not impressed with Todd McClay's effort to inject glasnost into the RCEP negotiations.
Graham McGregor: How to sell big ticket products and services
COMMENT: Here are seven keys tips that can help aid big ticket IT sales.
Juha Saarinen: Apple ties up software loose ends
COMMENT: The Worldwide Developer Conference was all about coding and software for Apple.
Jonno Ingerson: Rising property values hard to stop
COMMENT: After a couple of months to assess the market's reaction, they now see that the market drivers of high demand and low supply still persist.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: How to use Facebook Live for your business
COMMENT: Seven ways to use the new Facebook Live video streaming for your business.