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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.
Fran O'Sullivan: Air NZ needs Govt's help to fly
Airline should get support for capital raising, not a costly loan.
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.
Business Insider: Cannabis fuss, NZGCP chief, airport boss' pay cut
The inside word on New Zealand's business community.
Matthew Hooton: Why Bloomfield, ministry have lost their hold on Ardern
Prime Minister knows Kiwis won't keep on accepting level 4-style rules.
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 ...
Bruce Cotterill: Small business paying the price of the coronavirus fight
Eradication strategy is causing too much pain -- we need to find a new approach.
Michael Cullen: Fighting this virus is harder than crushing a car
While dealing with further outbreaks, we still need to plan for the economic recovery.
Mary Holm: Cut your loan into pieces - is that the answer to the mortgage puzzle?
Is splitting a home loan into instalments a way to beat future interest rate rises?
Fran O'Sullivan: Ardern is the master of spin - but the Govt dropped the ball
Government and National have to offer competing visions for NZ's future.
Comment: Why lockdown restrictions must be less than last time around
We must adapt with the benefit of experience from the initial outbreak.
Matthew Hooton: The only option is to let Covid in
Covid-19 is here to stay. The task now is to learn how to live with it.
Business Insider: Rich-lister's IPO plans, wage subsidy warning, AMP's Blair Vernon
The inside word on New Zealand's business community.
Kate MacNamara: When is the cost of lockdown too high?
COMMENT: The need to understand the Government's calculus is looming larger by the day.
The curious story of Kodak's pivot to pharma
Financial Times: Investigators should probe why the US government made its loan offer.
RBNZ shows 'preference' for negative OCR
Central bank could lend direct to retail banks to ensure OCR cuts get to customers.
Kate MacNamara: What $640m buys in the Reserve Bank's new budget
Funds are a win for Orr, but it's not clear that NZ will receive the value he claims.