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Where first home buyers head

First-home buyers in Auckland are flocking to the west, where there are more new buyers than anywhere else in the country, latest data shows.

Wall St's Santa Claus rally hopes

Building a billionaire

Sometimes, all you need is one person. One person to inspire you, one person to believe in you, who gets where you're at and encourages you to reach your full potential.

Four per cent unemployment by 2021- report

Euro shares up overnight on growth signs

Low deposit lending halved

The share of new mortgage lending going to borrowers with low deposits halved in October, the first month in which the Reserve Bank's curbs on such loans applied.

Brian Fallow: Dilemma of dairy income or environment

If we want the dairy industry to lift national income we will have to pay the price in terms of increasing degradation of rivers and other water bodies, says Brian Fallow.

Wall St up overnight on US jobs, HP news

Wall St gains as US housing, Tiffany sparkle

Joyce looking for open sesame

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce has had talks with internet giant Alibaba in China about setting up a New Zealand-based section of the site.

Guiding teens to wise decisions

High school years are when teens face important decisions that will shape their future. But whom do they go to when they need advice?

NZ savings rate key to lower dollar - Reserve Bank

Raising savings is the best way to sustainably take pressure off the exchange rate, says Reserve Bank assistant governor John McDermott.

Ex-PGC managing director not entitled to payout

Former Pyne Gould Corporation managing director John Duncan is not entitled to $880,000 worth of bonus shares or redundancy pay and has only been awarded around $4000 after an Employment Relations Authority fight.

ANZ says the 'worm has turned' for job market

ANZ says the "worm has turned " and employment trends now looking positive.

Wall St up as central bankers hold steady

OECD: House prices a risk

Brian Fallow: Why NZ's return to investment in tertiary education is so low

Here's a puzzle: why are the returns to investment in tertiary education in New Zealand so low, relatively speaking?

Fonterra HQ - first glimpse

Listed landlord Goodman Property Trust has provided the first glimpse of Fonterra's new headquarters and announced it will own the building in Auckland's Viaduct area.