Many have been brought up on a "follow your dream" diet only to find out too late that it doesn't always result in a job. An injection of realism is long overdue.

Fran O'Sullivan looks at five 'nuggety issues' that look likely to hog business headlines in coming months.

Self-described contrarian investment firm Allan Gray has emerged as a major player in the media shake-up under way in the Australasian market, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America's future success and job creation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Key's positioning was smart politics given the upside for New Zealand when - not if - the TPP is concluded, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

David Shearer's vision is for a New Zealand known the world over for smart thinking and really smart businesses taking the world by storm, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Optimism and shock over dire jobs news no excuse for Govt inaction.

Why is van der Heyden sticking around?

Fran O'Sullivan writes that it is important that we champion NZ's place in the film industry's global supply chain. "John Key is as good a political salesperson as any."

Fran O'Sullivan says John Key 'sat' on the disclosure about the GCSB until US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta had safely departed Auckland Airport at the weekend.

How the PM might respond to the Maori King's water-rights claim.