Latest fromBest of Business Analysis
<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: When life's a gamble, why worry
Forget agonising over what to do - there's more luck to success or failure than we'd like to admit.
<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeover
Tower's move to bid for Fidelity Life Assurance without securing support from Fidelity's major shareholders has left some wondering whether it has some underlying plan which has yet to be revealed.
<i>Richard Fyers:</i> Overseas buyers a blessing to struggling farms
Contrary to public opinion, there is no queue of foreigners to buy farmland in New Zealand.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Hubbard's A-team won't be cheap
How did Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard assemble a top-flight team of lawyers and public relations practitioners to defend his reputation and protect what's left of his dwindling commercial empire?
<i>Susan Easton:</i> Movie giant's fall fable for net age
The dwindling shelf life of video stores has hit the headlines recently after a couple of high profile bankruptcies in the US.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Last call for lobbyist, but telcos not yet off hook
Ernie Newman's efforts have delivered many gains for consumers over the past dozen years.
<i>Chris Barton</i>: Roll over Telecom, the Jetsons' revolution has finally arrived
Vision becomes reality as more people turn to the internet for phone calls.
<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Get away from work and get the payback
Now do you make workshop training pay for itself? If you're a small business owner, the most interesting word in that sentence is "pay".
<i>Media</i>: Losing the plot over Jackson's Hobbit
Sir Peter Jackson is being cast as Gandalf in a row about payment for actors...
<i>Stock Takes</i>: Tasty pickings
It's not just Chinese investors looking to buy NZ food companies.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Decision will have impact on consumers
The Commerce Commission has a big call to make by the end of the year.
<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: It's the message that matters, not the postman
How do we generate more new business cheaply and easily? That's the magic pill businesses are looking for. Some might feel social media is the answer.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Small town software has fans in high places
International flagbearer for open-source movement began with a librarian's quest to save money.
Deborah Hill Cone:Thanks for coming, now leave us alone
Exports, not fawning over foreign visitors, is what we should focus on.
<i>Gill South</i>: Doing it rough for the night
Fundraiser to aid the homeless gives executives the chance to do good, and be better role models.
<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Calls that bring prospects in from the cold
The biggest problem with cold-calling is the almost 100 per cent rejection rate just waiting for you. But cold-calling works, has always worked and will always work, if you