COMMENT: Five takeaways from the two-day G20 summit from Theresa May's modesty to Jack Ma's chutzpah.

There's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.

COMMENT: An idea for Govt: Slap a foreign property buyers' tax on all transactions made in Auckland.

COMMENT: Growing competition in NZ dairy market means time is right to adopt growth focus.

COMMENT: Fletcher Building boss Mark Adamson is seriously in danger of morphing into a long-term CEO.

COMMENT: The week has provided plenty to pique an observer's interest.

COMMENT: Here's a challenge to NZ directors: Get behind Simon Moutter's call to action to big business to invest in early stage companies.

COMMENT: Shanghai Pengxin chairman Jiang Zhaobai likens the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to a "black box".

COMMENT: New Zealand should grab the opportunity to be at the forefront in creating the new narrative for global trade.

COMMENT: Trade disputes are difficult but the allegation of steel dumping by China is playing out more messily than most.

COMMENT: Stephen Jennings' warning that "we are facing an iceberg" that deserves to shatter business complacency on housing.

Comment: John Key and Graeme Wheeler should fix the housing crisis - not point the finger at each other.

COMMENT: It is a scandal that it has taken a Govt inquiry for PM to agree to a crackdown on abuse of NZ foreign trust regimes.

COMMENT: John Key will be watching intently as Australia goes to the polls tomorrow to see how fellow political Brahmin Malcolm Turnbull fares.

COMMENT: If ever John Key was in a position to help his political "bestie" this is it.

COMMENT: John Key wants a more practical approach from the Overseas Investment Office when long-term foreign investors buy more assets, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

COMMENT: Kiwis are noticeably chilly about signing up to quick free trade deal especially if agriculture is ignored.

COMMENT: Predictably NZ's free trade sceptics were not impressed with Todd McClay's effort to inject glasnost into the RCEP negotiations.

COMMENT: Hallelujah. The political fix at national level on Auckland housing has finally been made.

COMMENT: NZME has "first mover" advantage when it comes to the shakeup of the New Zealand media industry.

COMMENT: John Key's calculated punt to threaten land taxes on foreign investors won't solve the Auckland housing crisis.

John Key will put some hefty New Zealand issues on Beijing's radar screen on Monday as he gets down to business with China's top leaders.

COMMENT: To PM, terrorism simply makes New Zealand more attractive and will result in more high net-worth consumers wanting to come here.

COMMENT: Murdoch has an interest in exposing favourable tax environment enjoyed by the very companies which are siphoning off advertising revenue streams.

COMMENT: Gary Romano couldn't resist an indirect jibe at former boss Theo Spierings over the latest PR debacle to afflict dairy giant Fonterra.

COMMENT: Next Wednesday will be another major milestone in the NZ dairy industry. Dairy giant Fonterra will unveil its latest results.

It is incomprehensible Fonterra's board could have persistently got it so wrong.

I was waspish when MP Nikki Kaye first stirred the pot on the contentious issues of body corporate governance, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Fran O'Sullivan says no CEO worth his or her salt will get far without confidence in their own (and their company's) ability to deliver on its business plans.

It is time for the industry and the politicians to take off their rose-tinted glasses and do some hard-thinking about our major goods export industry, writes Fran O'Sullivan.