Stress levels for many business owners climbed during the past year, with the impact thought to be particularly hard on smaller, family-owned businesses.

A real estate agent sent cold-calling condolences to a grieving widow - then offered to sell her house.

Fifty-three per cent of NZ workers are leaving their jobs within the first two years of being employed, research says.

A former Sydney brothel owner turned restaurateur is believed to have fled NZ owing thousands, including a court-ordered $15,000 for sexually harassing a staff member.

A US-based entrepreneur says the most important incentive to encourage New Zealanders to come home would be a job to come back to.