
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Lost mana and hope means pulling plug on SCF
It's time for the Government to limit taxpayers' losses by winding down SCF.
It's time for the Government to limit taxpayers' losses by winding down SCF.
Tony Gibbs talk GPG with Liam Dann
Over the next two and a half years the emissions trading scheme will effect a substantial transfer of wealth.
I may be a lone voice here, but where finance companies are concerned things seem to have got a bit out of proportion.
Fran O'Sullivan believes the visit to NZ by Chinese Vice-President Jinping is probably of more long-term importance than a visit by his US counterpart, Joe Biden.
There have been so many twists in this storyline that it's difficult to remember who's who, what's what and, more importantly, why.
It's all very well having the right to sue on the agreement when unforeseen problems arise, but it's far better to find out about the problems and deal with them before going ahead.
The idea of improving the world by investing has been around for a long time but in this country it has never really caught on.
Is the attention New Zealand is getting from foreign oil prospectors accelerating?
Brian Fallow writes that several factors will influence how often Bollard taps the brakes.