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Brian Gaynor: Restaurant Brands latest on foreign buyers' menu
COMMENT: Proposed offer for 75 per cent of Restaurant Brands illustrates two developments.
Financial juggles after marriage break-up
Comment: Investigate options to help with buying a new home.
Diana Clement: Steps for the perfect will
COMMENT: If you die without one you could leave a right costly mess behind you.
Brian Gaynor: Balance of power in American voters' hands
COMMENT: Will elections change or keep the status quo?
Take aim at the mortgage before your KiwiSaver
Comment: Most people would rather be free of their home loan by retirement.
Fonterra: The experiment that failed - what is going on?
The giant co-op was meant to transform the NZ economy. Things have't worked out that way.
Comment: What's wrong with petrol prices? They're too low
Fossil fuel buyers should get used to the idea that prices will rise, writes Brian Fallow.
Comment: Petrol prices to finish 2018 closer to $3 and it's a big risk for Govt
COMMENT: Risk to economic growth as crude oil prices spike and the dollar falls.
Diana Clement: Should your children be in KiwiSaver?
COMMENT: KiwiSaver really is worth its weight in gold as an education tool.
Brian Gaynor: Mainzeal — big promises, zero delivery
Long-running saga ended in the collapse of one of NZ's biggest construction companies.
Mary Holm: Worriers, best leave that KiwiSaver alone
Comment: Changing funds because of market uncertainties may cost you more.
Brian Fallow: Is growth really running out of puff?
The latest business survey was downbeat again, but does that tell the whole story?
Capital drought leaves small business struggling to grow
The money is out there, so why isn't it reaching small companies looking to grow?
Liam Dann: Failure of confidence knocks off the shine
The Government has its work cut out to win over the nation's business leaders.
Liam Dann: Backing for a Wellbeing Budget
Grant Robertson is working with Treasury on publishing a "Wellbeing Budget" in 2019.
Andrew Grant: What will work in the future?
COMMENT: The Future of Work will create more new tasks and jobs than it destroys.
Liam Dann: What's going on with interest rates?
COMMENT: With his mortgage rate due to be re-fixed, Liam Dann works through his options.
Brian Fallow: Inequality a tough target for Cullen tax review
It's the welfare system - not tax changes - that can do most to make incomes more equal.
Liam Dann: NZ missing out as 'pot stocks' fly high
COMMENT: Corporate cannabis is creating a financial buzz. Should NZ take a toke?
Diana Clement: Kiwisaver regrets
COMMENT: Sometimes the biggest financial mistakes are the things we don't do.
Is a reverse mortgage my best option?
Funding retirement through home equity release schemes can be financially riskier.
Comment: Fonterra needs radical reform
When will NZ dairy farmers wake up and realise that Fonterra needs a massive shake-up?
Christopher Niesche: Are Aussies crippled by a fear of failure?
COMMENT: In Australia, there is still a lot of stigma surrounding failure.
Diana Clement: Why you should tell your insurer everything
COMMENT: Many don't know they need to declare illnesses, or symptoms.
Liam Dann: GDP — Melbourne Cup day for economists
COMMENT: All eyes go on economy next week as GDP data is released but what does it mean?
Winston, Jacinda - It's time for a conversation
Comment: The Government is not Labour-led. It is a Coalition.
The tough truth about HomeStart grant
Cost of the land and new build must fit below house-price cap.
Brian Gaynor: The five companies facing decision day
COMMENT: There are at least five interesting annual meetings left in September.
US economy v NZ - why the winner isn't who you think
If you think the US economy is roaring away while NZ slumps - better think again.
Liam Dann: The real price of the Lehman Bros crash
COMMENT: Ten years on we are still living with the fallout.
Diana Clement: Busting KiwiSaver myths
COMMENT: You would think after more than a decade Kiwis would understand how it works.
Brian Gaynor: Who are real Bonus Bonds winners?
COMMENT: An annual report shows that scheme continues to be a massive gravy train for ANZ.
Tools to help KiwiSavers plan retirement
Comment: Working out what you need to save will rely on assumptions.