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Warhol beats Picasso in auction sales
Andy Warhol was the top-selling artist at auction last year as increased competition for the most-expensive segment of the market drove global art sales higher.
The Corner Office: Jetstar NZ Head, Grant Kerr
Summer Herald: The Corner Office - Jetstar NZ Head, Grant Kerr. My overall business philosophy is to be honest; honest to myself and to everyone I interact with.
The 'must-see' night markets
Turning carparks into eateries where diners sit on plastic stools and share their table with random strangers may not sound like a recipe for success.
Kiwi on course for 5% drop in value against US
The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 5 per cent decline against the greenback in 2014, a year which saw the kiwi soar close to a post-float high and prompted the central bank to intervene to bring it down.
The super-rich got a lot richer in 2014
The richest people on Earth got richer in 2014, adding US$92 billion ($118 billion) to their collective fortune in the face of falling energy prices and geopolitical turmoil incited by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
NZ duo's $670m Aussie buy-up
The extraordinary strength of the New Zealand dollar against the aussie wasn't the main reason why Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund decided to buy RetireAustralia, but it helped.
Rocky times ahead as oil prices crash
The oil price decline of 2014 upended the geopolitical chessboard. Worth watching in 2015 will be who can recover and dominate play - Opec, Vladimir Putin or US shale drillers.
IPO pipeline predicted to keep on pumping
The initial public offering pipeline is expected to keep delivering in the year ahead, but market watchers say it will be a challenge to match or exceed 2014's bumper crop of 12 IPOs.
'Humdinger' rally but analysts wary
United States markets head into the last week of the year with a "Santa Claus rally" having lifted them to record highs, picking up momentum from outstanding GDP numbers in the world's biggest economy.
The Corner Office: Rory Glass
Summer Herald The Corner Office: Rory Glass is the managing director of brewer Lion New Zealand.
NZ's Argentina flights fill gap for Aussies
Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.
Global economy hanging on knife-edge
The world economy enters 2015 at a fork in the road. One track leads to the self-sustaining vigorous recovery that policymakers have sought in vain since the financial crisis erupted in 2007.
Online Xmas spending will continue
Kiwi Christmas shoppers have spent $170 million more this month than at the same time last year and retailers are hoping the splurge will continue on Christmas Day online.
Mighty River signs Lake Taupo water deal
Mighty River Power and the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board have signed a deal over water in Lake Taupo, the terms of which the electricity generator says are confidential.
Station buy swells APN's radio foothold
APN News & Media has increased its presence in the Australian broadcasting scene through the purchase of Perth radio station 96FM from rival publisher Fairfax Media.
Watchdog's probe clears Fletcher
The Commerce Commission says it found no evidence that Fletcher Building's Winstone Wallboards unit engaged in anti-competitive behaviour to protect its dominance in the market.
Liam Dann: Lots of life left in this year, never mind the one ahead
Liam Dann writes: 2014 doesn't look like letting go early. In fact, like a good TV drama, it looks set to end on a cliff-hanger.
S Korea 'huge deal' for ecostore
New Zealand cleaning products company ecostore has signed a deal that will see the company export to South Korea from next year.
Empty prime CBD sites bad for the city
A prominent commercial real estate financier says land-bankers are ruining Auckland's central business district by leaving many sites vacant for decades.
Rescue package for Russia? No chance
Here's what's happening in Russia: Its currency has lost half its value, investors have pulled billions of dollars amid an oil plunge. Now here's what's not happening.