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Brian Fallow: From here on every drop counts
The drought is a timely reminder of how much the New Zealand economy depends on rainfall, writes Brian Fallow.
Brian Gaynor: Challenge holding onto investors after float
Mighty River Power needs to promote loyalty bonus scheme...
Liam Dann: Mighty River float a tricky one
The debate about the financial merits of assets sales is a good one, and based purely on the numbers the benefits are marginal, writes Liam Dann.
Brian Fallow: Reserve Bank heats dollar debate
The higher the exchange rate is, the lower interest rates can be, writes Brian Fallow. Asset price inflation, in the Auckland housing market at any rate, is alive and well.
Fran O'Sullivan: Lots riding on Mighty River verdict
John Key and Bill English have been on tenterhooks waiting for the Supreme Court judgment on the Mighty River sales process, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Liam Dann: Feeling the summertime blues
I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.
Brent Sheather: Long term returns?
One of the highlights of this job each year is reviewing the latest iteration of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook...
Brian Fallow: Pining for bioenergy: will it work?
Economic modelling based on ethanol, which has its limitations as a fuel, may underestimate the potential yields and value added, writes Brian Fallow.
Liam Dann: Bold developers key to our cities
The collapse of Mainzeal has people worrying about who will construct the residential and commercial buildings required for Christchurch, writes Liam Dann.
Damien Grant: Economic tide has hit manufacturing
David Shearer and his cohort of prospective coalition partners, the Greens, Mana and NZ First, are holding a show-trial into who killed the manufacturing industry.
Brian Fallow: Strong NZ dollar only part of the story
The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990, writes Brian Fallow.
Bank policy battle is heating up
Imagine it would be if you had just struggled to save a 10 per cent deposit for your first home only to be told you now had only half the money you need, writes Liam Dann.
Brian Gaynor: NZX's growth needs ethical foundations
January was a great month for sharemarkets with the NZX 50 Gross Index gaining 4.6 per cent while the ASX200 Accumulation (gross) Index appreciated 5 per cent.
Brian Fallow: Looser policy opens can of worms
The idea that an overvalued exchange rate is the fault of the monetary policy framework has hardened into dogma, writes Brian Fallow.
Brian Fallow: Kiwis renewing appetite for debt
Kiwi households have regained their appetite for debt, and it is getting rapidly more hearty, write Brian Fallow.
Review to help untangle red tape
If there is a tendency for businesspeople's lips to curl at the very sight of their local council offices, writes Brian Fallow, the reaction may be unfair or at least misdirected.
Fran O'Sullivan: TPP anything but plain sailing
The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America's future success and job creation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Success: Hard wired for quality
Pair find niche in high-tech marine and residential automation jobs.
Brian Fallow: Pharmac vulnerable in trade talks
It is not a binary question - will Pharmac survive or not? - but rather how might the rules it operates under change, writes Brian Fallow.
Fran O'Sullivan: Free trade deal offers big payoff
Key's positioning was smart politics given the upside for New Zealand when - not if - the TPP is concluded, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Brian Fallow: Loan-to-value no magic bullet
Reserve Bank eyes tools to help prevent booms and busts that devastate household and bank balance sheets.
Fran O'Sullivan: Shearer's vision can unite Labour
David Shearer's vision is for a New Zealand known the world over for smart thinking and really smart businesses taking the world by storm, writes Fran O'Sullivan.