Sell-off critics do not realise how well the Crown has done.

Will a Kiwi white knight emerge to fully recapitalise Silver Fern Farms, or will Chinese interests emerge as 50-50 partners with a New Zealand consortium to take the company forward?

A reader asks Mary Holm: Is it true I could lose all my KiwiSaver fund if the investment crashed?

TVNZ chief executive puts a new twist on TV3 assertions that its news ratings slump has been caused by losing the rights to Home and Away to TVNZ.

After 68 weekly columns of irreverent fun, frivolity, jolly japes and an occasional fact or two, CaseLoad is spiked from the NZ Herald as of today, writes Jock Anderson.

Brian Fallow speaks to a New Zealand-based analyst who sees the EU sliding into paralysis and inevitable decay.

"Efficiency is a life-long discipline, and not everyone has it or can learn it," says Robyn Pearce's wise old aunt.

Iconic Kiwi businessman Lloyd Morrison would have been pleased to see New Zealanders now have four new options to weigh up should the vote be in favour of changing the flag, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Liam Dann writes: Inflation is not dead and there seems no doubt market volatility and the slowdown in China were top of mind for many.

There's nowhere to hide in a duopoly, as Ralph Waters has discovered to his cost.

Tom Hartmann asks: Everyone's busy - so what's the one thing you can focus on this week that will make the most difference?

Debbie Mayo-Smith shares her recipe for working smarter and tips for automating tasks.

Bernard Hickey writes: Just how long will governments and central banks be able to use public balance sheets to turn the tides of markets?

If you think education is "going to the dogs" then you really ought to get down to a local school and take a look at how they're teaching.

Auckland Council chief executive Stephen Town is displaying all the hallmarks of a bureaucratic stealth bomber.

Your advice to retirees to get out there and live it up - and not worry about investing money, or putting it into term investments - is probably a good idea.

Slip-ups are no surprise, given the vast reforms the country is going through, Brian Fallow writes. As China has contributed about a third of global economic growth in recent years, few are immune from the effects of its slowdown.

Privatisation is unlikely, but the Government is looking at other ways for TVNZ to get friendly with the private sector, writes John Drinnan.

Many of us wouldn't be brave enough to invest any money when things look as precarious as they have lately, writes Mark Lister. We would sit on the sidelines and wait until things looked safe agai

The internet of Things - IoT - is a marketing buzz-term, but the whole thing will be upon us sooner rather than later, writes Juha Saarinen.

Business editor Liam Dann looks at just how much of a concern the China market crash should be for us here in New Zealand.

Robyn Pearce believes that we're just re-discovering the best of the old ways - people-based, principle-based behaviours.

Graham McGregor shares tips on how to use infographics in your marketing.

Christopher Niesche writes: The jobs and education portal is a mature business in Australia so it has to look for growth overseas, particularly in Asia.

Debbie Mayo-Smith talks to Julie Russell, Secretary of the NZ Bookkeepers Association, who was one of the early adopters of Xero accounting software.

Next week is a choice opportunity to get us all talking about money matters, writes Tom Hartmann.

It is crunch time for the economy, crunch time for Bill English and his "steady as she goes" economic plan.

Will we have to start taking Google's search results with a grain of salt?