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Mary Holm: Want less and you can work less
Is it 'tragic' that families now need two adults working to own a home?

US probes banks over credit crisis 'cartel' claim
Did some of the world's biggest banks collude to manipulate interest rates during the depths of the credit crisis?

Tower may return capital to shareholders
Tower, the insurer controlled by Guinness Peat Group, may return capital to shareholders, chairman Tony Gibbs told the annual meeting.

Kiwibank 'kick starts' 2011 with mortgage rate cut
In the first mortgage rate cut of 2011, Kiwibank has dropped its one-year mortgage rate to 6.15 per cent from 6.45 per cent per annum.

<i>Shane Solly:</i> Yield junkies need to face reality
New Zealanders don't ask for enough return on some investments and ask for too much on others.

<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.

Kiwibank cuts rates to spark quiet property market
Kiwibank has cut its 2 year fixed mortgage rate to 6.59pc, to try and spice up housing demand.

$572pw: Auckland's mortgages soar
Homes are at their most affordable in six years - apart from in Auckland, where the average weekly mortgage is more than $570 a week.