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Job ads point to employment growth

The number of job advertisements online and in newspapers rose 2.3 per cent last month, continuing the trend of the three previous months.

Work backlash for Muslims?

Employers find it okay to employ Buddhists and Hindus but are wary of hiring Muslims, an AUT study has found.

FBI hits a 'weed' problem in cyber-war

The FBI is struggling to hire young hackers because its drug policy does not allow the use of cannabis. Unfortunately, hackers like their weed.

Migration gain hits 11-year high

The population gain from migration has climbed to a 13-year high as the net loss of people to Australia dwindled to just 210 last month, the lowest for at least 18 years.

Brian Fallow: Balancing immigration a tricky task

You can have too much of a good thing, as the saying goes, and right now it is a live question whether immigration is one of those good things, writes Brian Fallow.

Awards for equal pay companies

Two years after running the Demand Equal Pay campaign to raise awareness around equal pay, the YWCA organisation is taking that campaign one step further.

Dairy boss picks industry evolution

The acquisition by French food giant Danone of two New Zealand dairy companies last month signals a new phase in the evolution of the local dairy industry.

Open-book management lets employees look at company accounts

Open-book management is a system in which every employee is walked through the detailed financial statements of the company on a regular basis.

Support for capital gains tax

A capital gains tax would reduce the price it is rational for an investor to pay for a property by as much as 23 per cent, Westpac economists say.

Brian Fallow: Spending lift really a cut

Budget 2014 lifts government spending by $1.5 billion or 2 per cent in the coming year but that will represent a cut in real per capita terms, writes Brian Fallow.

Cathy Odgers: If this Budget is centre-right, what would the left hatch?

For political tragics, Budget days are the most exciting outside election days. The uninterested 99 per cent will remain more passionate about Queen's Birthday traffic queues.

Little for first home buyers

Aspiring first-home buyers looking for a leg-up into the property market in yesterday's Budget had little to cheer about.

Editorial: Budget steers safe course in rough waters

Editorial: The Budget manages the election-year trick of appearing both fiscally responsible and socially generous.

Start-ups' R&D boost 'fantastic'

Start-ups pouring money into research and development will get a cash-flow boost under a tax measure that is seen as a "great response" to the sector's challenges.

Budget 2014: Family focus

New Zealanders will welcome the family focus of today's Budget, Prime Minister John Key says.

Budget 2014: Building products tariffs lifted temporarily

Finance Minister Bill English has defended today’s modest Budget measure to trim the cost of new homes as one step in a larger programme to improve home affordability.

Budget 2014: 10 things to know

Here are ten things you need to know about the Budget.

Interactive Graphic: Where the Budget goes

A data visualisation of where the Budget money is going.