Juha Saarinen: Think before you fire up that VPN
Every person and their dog seem to be using VPNs, or virtual private networking connections, these days, Juha Saarinen writes.
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A great way to boost sales for many businesses is to make your product or service very easy to use, Graham McGregor writes.
Liam Dann: Debt level high on RBNZ agenda
COMMENT: Broadly the banks have strong balance sheets but New Zealand's private debt levels are high and rising.
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Get Sorted: Dropping D-words
It's not the prettiest of terms, but we may as well get acquainted with the challenges of "decumulation", Tom Hartmann writes.
Diana Clement: Where there's a will there's a way to contest it
COMMENT: Did you hear the one about the inheritance that went to the father's second wife's new husband's next-door-neighbour?
Fran O'Sullivan: MediaWorks boss went too fast for the tribe
COMMENT: Mark Weldon may have been the smartest guy in the room but that's seldom enough.
Brian Gaynor: Weldon wrong choice for MediaWorks
COMMENT: The life of a CEO can be tough and Weldon's demeanour at the GeoOp meeting clearly showed that the MediaWorks job had got the better of him.
Mary Holm: $15,000 makes for frugal Thai living
COMMENT: Many foreigners living here agree that you really need $40,000 stashed away somewhere in case of emergencies.
John Drinnan: Radio NZ weighs up asset sales
COMMENT: Radio New Zealand may sell some of its property portfolio to replenish its coffers.
Brian Fallow: Kiwi genius ahead of the curve
COMMENT: 'The only genius I ever met," says Alan Bollard, the biographer of pioneering New Zealand economist Bill Phillips.
Stock Takes: Dividend hunt has a downside
COMMENT: The New Zealand sharemarket has a global reputation as a lucrative source of dividends.
John Drinnan: The big questions after Mark Weldon exits MediaWorks
COMMENT: CEO Mark Weldon might be out, but MediaWorks radio operations are good earners and TV3 won't be going anywhere, writes John Drinnan.
Brent Sheather Passive fund suitable for experts too
Like many people I prefer to start Sunday's slowly, with a cup of good coffee and a read of the newspaper's business section, writes Brent Sheather.
Get Sorted: May this force be with you
Happy Star Wars Day! The power of compound interest is undeniable, but it certainly has its dark side.
Is Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto Wright or wrong?
Once again, the geek monde is abuzz with news that Australian businessman Dr Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of bitcoin - or is he? Juha Saarinen writes.
A simple marketing investment with a big payoff...
When it comes to marketing there are literally hundreds of different places that you could spend your hard earned money on to improve your results, Graham McGregor writes.
Forecasters can't predict the future
COMMENT: Barry Ritholtz checks out a report that does something he likes the least - makes a forecast.
Comparison, thief of joy
So much of what we say about money shows how we think about it, and of course how we think about it influences how we act with it.
Is your marketing dumb, lazy and wasteful?
Debbie Mayo-Smith writes. is it me being stupid or are the vast majority of small businesses just plain lazy when it comes to marketing?
Inside Warren Buffett's big gig
Liam Dann was among the 40,000 shareholders and fans who braved freezing rain and 6am queues to attend the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in Omaha this weekend.
Mary Holm: Wealthy people often mind the pennies
COMMENT: It's too easy to get judgmental about how others spend their money - although I suppose it's fair enough if they complain about their inability to save.
Diana Clement: Keeping up with your inner snob will cost you
COMMENT: It doesn't pay to be a snob. Literally. Many people think they "need" the latest labels, whether or not they can afford them.
Juha Saarinen: iOdds and iSods
COMMENT: Juha Saarinen looks at a selection of accessories designed to be used with Apple products.
Brian Fallow: Shh - don't mention the pension
COMMENT: When Bill English delivers his next Budget a month from now, he will no doubt portray the Govt as a model of providence and fiscal responsibility.
John Drinnan: MediaWorks owner tightens reins
COMMENT: MediaWorks owner Oaktree Capital is more closely overseeing TV3, Four and half the country's commercial radio stations.
Rakon - this time lucky?
Recent years haven't been kind to the former market star - or its investors.
Liam Dann: Key's shift acknowledges voter angst
COMMENT: John Key's latest shimmy shows the winds of change are blowing on National attitudes to housing.
Fran O'Sullivan: Weak measures solve nothing
COMMENT: John Key's calculated punt to threaten land taxes on foreign investors won't solve the Auckland housing crisis.
The value of solving customer's problems...
A few years ago I read a helpful book by Michael Le Bouef called How to win and keep Customers, writes Graham McGregor.
Mark Lister: An Aussie rebound could ease housing strain
COMMENT: Maybe the biggest threat to the Auckland housing problem is simply waiting for Australia to come right, and for normal service to resume.
Key with Xi: 'It's the most direct I have been'
There is a perception that New Zealand's dairy exporters have been disadvantaged by more favourable terms in China's recent FTA with Australia.