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Ironsands miner gets permit off Taranaki coast

TransTasman Resources has been granted a mining permit to extract titano-magnetite sands some 22 to 36 km off the coast of Patea, in the Exclusive Economic Zone.

Westland Milk gets China export accreditation

Westland Milk, the Hokitika-based dairy coop, has received accreditation to export products into China, joining the five manufacturers named yesterday.

Dita De Boni: CEO dares confront the pay gap

Chief executive Mark Powell has dared say what many others must surely think, but few are prepared to publicly utter: that executive pay is well into the realm of the ridiculous, writes Dita De Boni.

Dollar edges up on weaker US employment data

Domestic abuse costs millions in lost productivity - study

Brian Fallow: Labour's plan a subtly blunt instrument

What we got from Labour's finance spokesman David Parker on Tuesday was a much broader economic policy than that would imply, writes Brian Fallow.

Firms full of confidence

Businesses are still brimming with confidence, ANZ's monthly survey has found.

Business confidence extends slide as rates rises bite

Business confidence extended its slide from a 20-year high amid expectations the central bank will continue to hike interest rates.

Labour's KiwiSaver 'bun fight'

Labour's proposal to introduce a variable contribution rate to compulsory KiwiSaver as a counter-cyclical tool has received mixed reviews from bank economists.

Tax figures look good, wages less so

New Zealand is among the minority of developed countries where the tax burden on wages has lightened over the past three years.

Governor flags dollar in thinking on rate rises

How fast and how far interest rates rise will depend in part on the exchange rate, says the Reserve Bank.

Q&A: Best workplace manners

Career Coach Joyce E.A. Russell went online last week to take questions on etiquette in the workplace.

Brian Fallow: Missing pieces surface in productivity jigsaw puzzle

When the likes of the OECD look at our structural economic policy settings and compare them to what has worked in other countries, they reckon we should be doing a lot better than we are, writes Brian Fallow.

Bosses average 6.4 years

Research suggests there is no "magic number" for chief executive tenure in this country, with the most poorly performing companies having a mix of short and long-serving bosses.

Scrap over $109k food bill

The parent company of a firm that sold controversial currency trading software racked up a $109,000 debt for food and drink at a flash Auckland restaurant.

Is wasting time in your genes?

Procrastinators everywhere should take heart in gaining what could be the best excuse yet for their thumb-twiddling: blaming it on Mum and Dad.

Brian Fallow: Four reasons not to panic about a property bubble

Here are some reasons not to embrace the view of economic analyst Jesse Colombo that NZ is hurtling towards crisis.

Is this why women earn less than men?

Women earn less than men because they are seen as pushovers when they don't negotiate hard and are seen as "ball-breakers" when they do, a psychologist says.