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How Wal-Mart, Google could steal young customers from traditional banks

T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, Google and a host of other retail, tech and telecom companies are now operating like banks and they are piquing the interest of young people.

Buildings consents drop in April

Abano faces new employment lawsuit

Brian Fallow: Anti-rort law hits forest good guys

Under its equivalent of the cover of darkness Parliament has legislated to stop a rort by a subset of a subset of participants in the emissions trading scheme.

Fonterra's milk price to fall

Signs of normality returned to the dairy sector yesterday when Fonterra forecast a $7 a kg farmgate milk price for 2014-15.

When the boss is the problem

Washington Post career coach Joyce E.A. Russell answers questions from readers, dispensing advice to new graduates ready to enter the world of work.

Spotlight on domestic violence

Employers may be asked to do more for staff who are victims of domestic violence, if the Domestic Violence-Victims' Protection Bill is passed by Parliament.

Low-deposit home loan numbers rebounding

The number of people buying homes with a deposit of less than 20 per cent is rising for the first time since the new mortgage-lending limits were introduced.

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.

Swiss block world's highest minimum wage

Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have introduced the world's highest minimum wage, early results from a referendum indicate.

Climate change a risk to NZ's credit rating

Climate change is a mega-trend that will affect countries creditworthiness, and New Zealands worse than most, says Standard & Poors.