'Boring' was how one local analyst described the extended stretch of calm that came crashing to an end in recent days

COMMENT: No matter what the age, clutter equals confusion, lack of focus and irritability.

COMMENT: If Winston Churchill were alive today he might be moved to say "never has so much bad advice been inflicted so often by so many experts".

COMMENT: If the risk of lithium-ion batteries is well documented, where does that leave consumers in terms of insurance?

COMMENT: Here are some clever ways to use the hidden features of Google Calendar.

COMMENT: Here are some valuable marketing lessons to take away from the businesses you enjoy.

COMMENT: Isn't it a bit early for this? That's precisely the point.

COMMENT: The great Asian opportunity for Australia is largely untapped despite years of trying to get it right.

Stats due Thursday are expected to show "whopping" levels of economic growth. Is our rock star economy on the comeback trail? Liam Dann reports.

COMMENT: Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Whenever we open our wallets these days there's always a gotcha.

COMMENT: Exclusion and engagement two ways to ensure holdings reflect values.

COMMENT: Even index funds offer schemes that screen out the bad guys.

COMMENT: Aussies don't muck about when it comes to probing the cause of high-profile collapses - neither should we.

COMMENT: The problem is the US constitution and its separation of powers.

COMMENT: Film Commission chief Dave Gibson is half-way through what he has insisted was a single five-year term.

COMMENT: Apple has again showed why it matters to be able to control everything in smartphone design, writes Juha Saarinen.

COMMENT: "There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about."

COMMENT: Five takeaways from the two-day G20 summit from Theresa May's modesty to Jack Ma's chutzpah.

COMMENT: Don't let this week go by without hanging some targets for the short and long terms.

COMMENT: For months, Liberal Party figures have been at loggerheads with the country's main business lobby group, the Business Council of Australia.

COMMENT: It's Money Week - time to face the fear and think about retirement.

COMMENT: John Key and Nick Smith have in recent weeks taken to trumpeting Auckland's current building boom as the biggest in New Zealand history.

COMMENT: There are a couple of issues here. One is your best move financially. The other is the "system".

COMMENT: Fees focus misses point, and legality of exposure to arms is very complex.

COMMENT: Juha Saarinen reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.

Most politicians have long taken the advice of the lobbyists and kept their noses out of regulating the media business, or giving

COMMENT: The old days of rising incomes have become just a memory for many, new study shows.

Simon O'Connor says consumers may not engage deeply with their KiwiSaver providers, but they expect that their KiwiSaver fund is being managed in a way that avoids doing harm.

There's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.

COMMENT: Can the experience that a retail investor has with the finance sector reasonably be described as having their interests put first?