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Auckland's Xmas house boom

New figures show Auckland property sales were the biggest in December for a decade - but it seems there's now a severe dearth of listings.

Potty-mouth wins job back - and $18k

A foul-mouthed seafood company employee who was fired for allegedly intimidating colleagues got his job back and a $18,000 payout.

Harold Hillman: Five common mistakes of the new manager

Record new car sales put shine on 2014

New vehicle sales in NZ surged to a record in 2014, aided by a buoyant economy and cheaper prices.

Laid-off exec wins right to his bonus

An IT firm has been ordered to fork out $16k to a former manager, despite declaring losses of more than $1 million.

The Corner Office: Peter Lynn

To build on the company's tremendous momentum achieved in 2014, including reaching $4 billion in assets under management, and deliver exceptional returns for....

Liam Dann: Telltale topics on economic barometer

In dramatic terms 2014 ended with several big business and economic stories on cliff- hangers.

Bull run reaching end of its tether

Smart investors have, for the most part, been richly rewarded by stock markets in recent years. Can the same kind of returns continue, or is the bull market set to run out of steam?

Brian Fallow: Forecast largely fine, but clouds loom

Businesses, consumers and economic forecasters agree: 2015 should be a reasonably good year - weaker than 2014 but still pretty good by the standards of the recent past.

Fight to close the pay gap

The Supreme Court has declined an employer leave to appeal over the pay of a female aged-care worker, in what has become a fight to close the pay gap with men.

Pilots keep jobs after retirement row

Two Kiwi pilots have won the right to stay in their jobs, after arguing that being forced to retire at the age of 55 was discrimination under New Zealand laws.

Bernard Hickey: Our 'rock star' economy in numbers

This was meant to be the year of the "rock star" economy. Finance Minister Bill English now describes it as the "rock solid" economy...

Brian Gaynor: Kiwi economy set to beat Aussie ... again

Next year's outlook for the New Zealand and Australian economies is the same as this year's - we are expected to outperform our Tasman neighbours once again.

Migration hits record for fourth month

Job ads dip in November

Run on Russia's shops as ruble falls

Muscovites rushed to the shops yesterday as the ruble's slide brought fears that imported goods would soon soar in price.

StatsNZ takes knife to country's growth rates

The economy grew more strongly than expected in the September quarter but the positive surprise was overshadowed by the statisticians' downward revisions.

Economy grows faster than expected