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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.
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.
Fran O'Sullivan: Air NZ needs Govt's help to fly
Airline should get support for capital raising, not a costly loan.
Steven Joyce: Border failures - PM's tight inner-circle who trust few others
Govt needs to level with us, if it wants public support.
Mary Holm: Can you have faith in a partner with a family trust?
Discussing money with your partner can be tough - but things can get tougher if they die.
'Poor man's recession?' Why Covid's economic hit looks so uneven
Many jobs are precarious, but major steps are being taken to protect the wealthy.
US v China: The rift gets wider
Financial Times: Whoever wins US election, two giants aren't about to mend relationship.
Brian Fallow: Reserve Bank and Treasury play pass the parcel
RBNZ is buying nearly $1b of bonds a week — what's the result for govt debt?
Why business is turning against the Government's Covid elimination strategy
New Zealand's elimination consensus is starting to fray.
Covid-19 breach: Why aren't we asking the right questions?
We need a better strategy to keep Covid-19 out of New Zealand.
Roger Partridge: The inconvenient questions over NZ's Covid setback
COMMENT: The New Zealand public deserves answers to some inconvenient questions.
Juha Saarinen: Is Samsung's Note 20 Ultra worth its $2299 price tag?
Samsung has taken a fairly moderate approach with the Note 20 Ultra.
Ian Taylor: The Covid Card - a tool to help the A Team
COMMENT: How many times can we have a $400m per week shutdown?
Matthew Hooton: October 17 choice masterful by Ardern
National must now respond with exciting policy, focused on the next 12 months.
Mark Fowler: How should investors' strategies change?
Investors are now facing a deglobalising world ...