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Frustrated Mayhew fires parting shots
Departing Kiwi says financial markets still need work, reports Karyn Scherer.

Diana Clement: Taxman to stop people minimising wealth
Come Friday the tax goalposts are shifting and the changes are likely to affect many readers' back pockets.

Banks just too big to fail? Iceland shows otherwise
Decision to let banks go under looks smarter by the day, in contrast to Ireland's costly bailout, reports Yalman Onaran.

KiwiSaver has homebuyers in a muddle
Understanding how to use the KiwiSaver first-home assistance scheme is proving so difficult some people are giving up.

<i>Inside Money:</i> Big and bigger: what does it mean for the little people?
What happens to New Zealander when AMP buys up the local assets of AXA?

Makeover culture is a boom industry
It's now that shops start to push their various diet supplements, that magazines and newspapers pontificate on the new year's new you.

Trauma after murder
A Kiwi mum who witnessed her husband's murder at the hands of "greedy" family members in India says she is still traumatised.

<i>Susan Easton:</i> Pundits dusting off rosy specs for 2011
It's that time of year when the pundits are rolling out their forecasts for the year ahead in global sharemarkets.