COMMENT: Big business is on a collision course with some conservative Australian politicians, Christopher Niesche writes.

COMMENT: Children need bank accounts, they help them learn about the financial facts of life.

COMMENT: Liam Dann locks in his interest rate for a longer period and wonders if it's asking for a global meltdown.

COMMENT: Want to know what's going on in NZ's external affairs? Ask Australia.

KiwiSaver is a fantastic long-term superannuation scheme but it has one major drawback: limited domestic investment opportunities.

COMMENT: Both income and asset tests decide who gets a subsidy, Mary Holm writes.

COMMENT: Mobile plans with data caps won't make use of new 4.5G networks, Juha Saarinen writes.

COMMENT: One-time Act Party vice-president finds an audience among US conservatives, John Drinnan writes.

COMMENT: Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party has some radical ideas for tax and benefits, Brian Fallow writes.

COMMENT: Have we reached a point where people trust company employees more than CEOs?

Keep an eye on your local petrol pump. Prices shouldn't be rising soon, thanks to an oil price slump.

COMMENT: The cache of CIA documents released by Wikileaks doesn't tell us much new, Juha Saarinen writes.

Would you like greater marketing success from less cost in time, dollars and effort?

Dutch researchers have found that electronic energy meters can be wildly inaccurate.

In spite of global uncertainty, the NZ economy has enjoyed extended growth.

I have a burning question. Why do banks send credit cards to teenagers when they turn 18?

COMMENT: A good piece of investment advice is listen to your partner and kids.

COMMENT: Proposed reforms will only nibble at the cost of taxpayer-funded pensions, says Brian Fallow.

COMMENT: Beyond teaching children with pocket money, there are a handful of reasons we end up handing cash over to the kids.

COMMENT: Bill English has thrown down the gauntlet on Super, but is he just trying to avoid a real debate?

When signing away terms and services agreement, most people probably don't realise what their data is being used for.

Chief executives' personal lives used to be just that, but that could be changing.

Mt Albert MP is already a political celebrity. Now she has to look like a leader in waiting.

Your correspondent [last week] trying to increase their credit card limit and being declined by ANZ was the exact experience I have

The interim profit announcements for the six months to December 31 met market expectations but little more, says Brian Gaynor.

One Kiwi business is benefiting from letting staff choose the hours they work and holidays they get.

Rhonda Koroheke has some sage advice for organisations looking to tackle diversity in the workplace.

More New Zealanders are finding work in American movies and TV shows.

COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.

COMMENT: This is how a CEO with a seriously messy office got her mojo back, Robyn Pearce writes.