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Brian Fallow: Would negative interest rates be a positive move?
It's not the already-low cost of borrowing that is stopping firms from investing.
Matthew Hooton: Greens don't appear to understand that Labour is not their friend
Green supporters may see their party leave Parliament and fall apart.
Phil O'Reilly: To truly learn from lockdowns, we need to ask business
Last-minute and ad hoc processes were too obvious during the latest lockdown.
How has Covid-19 changed Father's Day for separated parents?
Father's Day may be different this year. Jeremy Sutton has some tips to make it work.
Fran O'Sullivan: Code breaker - Sam Morgan right to play grump card
Public tirade over CovidCard progress slap in face for Govt.
Goodbye to the 'Pret economy' and good luck to whatever replaces it
Financial Times: Cities will not die — their benefits could become more diffuse.
Kate MacNamara: Govt now realising that lockdowns get the health-economic balance wrong
COMMENT: Like lockdowns, the wage subsidy is a blunt instrument.
Juha Saarinen: The return of the DDoS threat
Extorting site owners with DDoS attacks like it's the early 2000s.
Oliver Hartwich: Govt caution needed in these uncertain times
Covid has given us many questions.
Analysis: What's behind Warren Buffett's $9.3b Japan investment
The country's trading houses provide exposure to commodities and corporate restructuring
Sasha Borissenko: A look at self-representation and closing the justice gap
Why is self-representation so high in civil cases?
The Ex-Files: Transtasman parenting during Covid-19
Could I join my children in managed isolation if they visit their father in Australia?
Bruce Cotterill: Get out, see NZ, and keep an industry alive
International tourists will return. Let's make sure businesses are there to welcome them.
Mary Holm: Yes, you can get on the housing ladder
Not enough people know about the financial assistance available for first-home buyers.
Fran O'Sullivan: Dalton's two CEO hats keeping his eye from prize
Inquiry drama should spur ACE chiefs to have him quit event role to focus on winning Cup.
Matthew Hooton: NZ First's political future - why the SFO needs to front up
Serious Fraud Office must complete its NZ First probe by next week.
Brian Fallow: What's the real price of saving a life?
It's wrong to assess costs and benefits of fighting Covid-19 in purely monetary terms.
Juha Saarinen: NZX scrambles to shore up outage-struck online infrastructure
COMMENT: Some hard questions need to be asked for rather obvious reasons.
Editorial: No apology needed for Ports of Auckland proposal
Council must look at Port divestment.
Fran O'Sullivan: $50b of Covid debt - are capital gains taxes back on table?
Critical issue has had little attention in the lead-up to the October election.
Bryce Wilkinson: Wage subsidy a murky IOU. But who pays?
Freely spending borrowed money is the easy part. The fiscal pain lies ahead.
How cybercriminals could bring your business to its knees
As the Covid-19 tide goes out, a swell of ransomware attacks converges on Kiwi businesses.
Phil O'Reilly: How to keep women in employment during pandemics
Women are bearing the brunt of this pandemic-induced swell in unemployment.
Ben Kepes: The Obama school of business - and karma
Horton the Elephant can teach us a thing or two about integrity.
Juha Saarinen: Elon Musk's net dream stargazers' nightmare
New satellites can take fast internet to all — but is it worth cost of clogged sky?
The dubious appeal of ESG investing is for dupes only
Financial Times: Both ESG and stakeholder capitalism rest on weak conceptual foundations.
The risk of a no-deal Brexit is rising, and that's no bad thing
Financial Times: Too much focus on the costs of a no-deal exit for the UK.
The Ex-Files: Navigating separation in a Covid-19 world
I want a quick separation but my partner refuses to communicate with me effectively.
The Ex-Files: Can my ex take a share of my redundancy compensation?
What happens when redundancy and separation occur around the same time?
Diversifying: Does Covid shift balance?
Key principle of building a resilient portfolio remains.
Steven Joyce: Border failures - PM's tight inner-circle who trust few others
Govt needs to level with us, if it wants public support.