A hot metal that can burn your fingers
Gold continues to have its centuries old allure, but both traders and sceptics agree - it's not for everyone.
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Fletcher Building reported a full-year profit of $272 million, turning around last year's loss of $46 million.
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: The problem with compulsory KiwiSaver
What if money saved compulsorily is simply shipped offshore to be invested in foreign companies and assets?
Success will be more investment outside property - Botherway
The man overseeing the creation of a new integrated financial markets regulator hopes, it will help shift savings tied up in housing somewhere else.
The great credit card swindle
New Zealanders are paying about $10 million a month more in interest on their credit cards than they should be.
<i>Liam Dann:</i> Three years after and reality bites
This week marked the third anniversary of the credit crunch.
Publisher sues UBS for oil research plagiarism
Investment bank UBS plagiarised oil and gas research for use in its own investment reports, says a New York publisher.
Fraud probe: Where is investors' $18m?
Dozens of people who invested with an Auckland couple have been told they are unlikely to see their money again.
Taxpayer bill for Allied Nationwide could be highest ever
If Allied Nationwide Finance is unable to resolve its Trust Deed stand-off and Guardian Trust pulls the plug, the taxpayer could face a bill exceeding that for all the six Crown-guaranteed finance companies to have failed so far.
Fed details US debt shopping plan
The Federal Reserve has voted to buy US Govt debt in a fresh bid to spur the world's biggest economy.
<i>Craig McIvor</i>: Taking the time to make a plan is well worth the effort
Managers need to look at the way ahead, rather than just responding to everyday challenges.
<i>Inside Money:</i> OneWay to rebrand a bank
I am going to resist the temptation to make fun of ING's new Australasian name: OnePath.
'Gratuitious sex' bank ad complaint rejected
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a complaint that a Rabobank TV ad was a "gratuitous" use of sex appeal to try and sell an unrelated product.
<i>Inside Money:</i> ASB shuts funds and mouth
ASB's decision to close a number of its retail funds caused a bit of a kerfuffle recently but it shouldn't have been a surprise.