Brian Gaynor: Apple and tax
Why is IRD billing an 81 year old New Zealander $40m a year while Apple has an annual tax bill of less than $10 million?
Why is IRD billing an 81 year old New Zealander $40m a year while Apple has an annual tax bill of less than $10 million?
What is the future of television? Will TV have a similar dramatic downturn in revenue as the newspaper, music and book retailing sectors?
The long-running Pyne Gould Corporation saga has taken a few more bizarre twists and turns in the past three weeks.
There have been a large number of letters in the media over recent weeks from concerned KiwiSaver investors.
The Notice of Meeting and Independent Report for the acquisition of 50 per cent of Silver Fern Farms by Shanghai Maling are revealing.
The performance of the Australian and New Zealand economies has an important impact on a number of areas, particularly the labour sector and our red hot housing market.
Sell-off critics do not realise how well the Crown has done.
What is going on in China and why is it having such a profound impact on world financial markets?
Foreign firms play an important role but we need good rules in place, writes Brian Gaynor.
Highly regarded grandson of Sir Winston took over leadership of company after its business name was tarnished in the UK.
Having its main office in Auckland is a big part of the dairy giant's problem, writes Brian Gaynor.
The election of directors will be one of the most important issues during the upcoming annual meeting season.
Increased IPO activity is a clear sign of an overvalued market, writes Brian Gaynor.
The June quarter ended on an extremely disappointing note, mainly because of the Greek financial crisis.
Monday was an important day for the NZX because it passed all responsibilities for the maintenance, calculation and dissemination of its indices to S&P Dow Jones Indices.
The release of New Zealand's latest international investment position has shone a spotlight on the country's debt. The data were released this week in conjunction with the March quarter balance of payments statistics.
A war of words broke out this week between New Zealand Shareholders Association chairman John Hawkins and Bevan Wallace, chairman of Efficient Market Services, writes Brian Gaynor.
The Fifa controversy, particularly the rise and fall of Sepp Blatter, is probably more about business, money and governance than sport, writes Brian Gaynor.
The Auckland residential property boom has developed some of the characteristics of the Dublin bubble a decade ago, writes Brian Gaynor.
Looming Budgets likely to show up Australia’s comparative weakness, Brian Gaynor writes.
Four of the world's most exciting and high-profile companies - Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google - released quarterly results in the past 10 days, Brian Gaynor writes.
Ports of Auckland seems to have served the community better when its shares were available for the public to buy, writes Brian Gaynor.
Dividend imputation credits in Australian headlines this week looked strange from a NZ viewpoint because Oz business leaders, rather than unions, are calling for reforms of the system, writes Brian Gaynor.
Two of the more important characteristics of any stock exchange are size and liquidity.
The December quarter 2014 gross domestic product statistics, released this week, show the economy was a top performer last year.
Octogenarian billionaire investor says ambitions have no finish line, writes Brian Gaynor.
Why has the level of construction activity in Auckland remained low though the region has a huge housing shortage and house prices have risen substantially over recent years, asks Brian Gaynor.
Migration figures and the 2013 Census data clearly show that NZ's population is undergoing a significant change.
Goldman Sachs' latest NZX Ownership Survey shows overseas interest in the NZ sharemarket has remained static over the past 12 months.