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Can a virtual PA turbocharge your career?

Services that take on boring family admin claim they free up more headspace for work.

The dismal truth about email

Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications.

New data shows best month for house sales in a year. Is market starting to turn?

Another sign Auckland has bottomed out. A jump in volume, but sale prices flat.

FMA takes Medical Assurance Society to court over fair dealing breaches

'Errors and deficiencies' in Medical Assurance Society systems.

US-China tensions have upended global order, Jamie Dimon warns

Financial Times: The situation is worse now than during the Cold War, says JPMorgan boss.

The ‘new norm': Are home loan borrowers getting used to higher interest rates?

Signs are there, but a mortgage broker says there is worse to come for some.

A 2023/24 milk price of $8/kg will be a pinch for farmers

Fonterra's "mid-point" forecast of $8/kg will be close to break-even for farmers.

Business confidence rebounding, but is it too soon for Reserve Bank’s inflation fight?

The construction sector is reporting an improved outlook, according to the ANZ survey.

Consumer confidence falls flat, Kiwis slightly more hopeful

ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index in May showed Kiwis expect inflation to ease.

Westpac glitch hits some automatic payments, direct debits

Westpac glitch affects some payments as bank says 'urgent' solution sought.

Solar power investment to exceed oil for first time, says IEA chief

Financial Times: Clean energy spending forecast to hit $2.8 trillion this year.

Finance winners: Air NZ $1.2b deal, Fisher & Paykel boss, Milford again

The environment is the real market winner in latest INFINZ awards.

Electronic bank transactions to start going through on weekends and holidays

Major upgrade to payments systems takes effect.

Mortgage pain: Second major bank lifts home loan rates after OCR hike

Westpac has made changes to its fixed and floating mortgage rates.

The new gold boom: how long can it last?

Financial Times: Gold-stashing clients have a growing 'alertness to the new world order'.

Adrian Orr appears before MPs: ‘It will feel painful for people’

No pain, no gain: MPs get a chance to grill Reserve Bank boss over rates hike.