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![Is regulation keeping you awake at night?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Is regulation keeping you awake at night?
There's a swathe of bedtime reading available at the Securities Commission
![<i>Simon Hendery:</i> Fast-changing demands test telco sector](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Simon Hendery:</i> Fast-changing demands test telco sector
Simon Hendery writes that more network traffic won't mean more income for major phone providers.
![<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Still waiting for answers on $45 million](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Still waiting for answers on $45 million
Accountant John Hepburn claims the $45.5m dividend payout to Watson and Hotchin cannot be justified.
![<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Net needs to go on a diet, say power-savers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Net needs to go on a diet, say power-savers
Pressure on electricity supplies will grow unless a way is found to control telecommunications' energy appetite.
![<i>Mark Lister:</i> Back to the future to find way ahead](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Mark Lister:</i> Back to the future to find way ahead
Mark Lister writes that if market returns are subdued, investors should focus on dividends.
![<i>Liam Dann:</i> Three years after and reality bites](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Liam Dann:</i> Three years after and reality bites
This week marked the third anniversary of the credit crunch.
![<i>Stock Takes</i>: Welcome news for retailer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Stock Takes</i>: Welcome news for retailer
Hallenstein Glasson's positive profit guidance has been music to the ears of investors.
![<i>Media</i>: Big media firms making moves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Media</i>: Big media firms making moves
Six big media firms are making moves as the industry shifts towards digital and recovers from the recession.
![<i>Paul Callow</i>: Crown assets an expensive luxury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Paul Callow</i>: Crown assets an expensive luxury
Infrastructure investment is desperately needed but the money to build it is scarcer than ever, writes Paul Callow.
![<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Transit system better than rail, says engineer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Transit system better than rail, says engineer
Personal transit pods could whisk travellers to and from Auckland airport, argues designer.
![<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Perfection tempts, failure happens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Perfection tempts, failure happens
No matter how big a cult you create, sometimes things go wrong. Just look at Apple.
![<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Taking the time to make a plan is well worth the effort](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Taking the time to make a plan is well worth the effort
Managers need to look at the way ahead, rather than just responding to everyday challenges.
![<i>Michael Lang:</i> Short-term gains won't make up for big losses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Michael Lang:</i> Short-term gains won't make up for big losses
Global shares are up 70 per cent since March last year so why are investors feeling down? Investment manager Michael Lang explains the 'ugly maths of finance'.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Let's act now to avoid being the unlucky country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Let's act now to avoid being the unlucky country
Why is the Government pursuing a policy of incremental and non-controversial economic changes when something more radical is needed?
![<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs
Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.