COMMENT: A number of recent developments highlight concerns about the corporate governance of rural-based companies.

COMMENT: Increasing your mortgage for an overseas holiday might not have a sunny ending.

COMMENT: Crashes are inevitable, but should be seen as opportunities, not crises.

WATCH: Juha Saarinen tries out Parrot's Bebop 2 drone.

COMMENT: Sky shareholders must be jubilant with the proposed merger with Vodafone.

COMMENT: Debt is growing twice as fast as economic growth, writes Brian Fallow.

COMMENT: Another day, another media merger. The combination of Sky TV and Vodafone amounts to a takeover of Sky.

COMMENT: The Commerce Commission now has two major "media" marriages on its plate and others sure to follow as the sectoral shakeout ramps up.

COMMENT: A big selling point for cloud computing is resilience.

COMMENT: NZ's total debt is poised to hit half a trillion dollars as mortgage lending surges to levels not seen since the global financial crisis.

COMMENT: This is going to be short. Sweet. Perhaps a bit life changing if you get piles of emails.

COMMENT: Auckland feels like a boom town. Its shortage of houses, hotels, roads, schoolrooms and tradies dominates the conversations.

COMMENT: How does buying now compare to 1989? The data may surprise.

COMMENT: Does tertiary education needs a new approach?

COMMENT: Medical conditions boost premiums but hospital bills are even worse.

Juha Saarinen tries virtual reality and a number of gadgets at this year's Computex in Taiwan.

When Hamish Walker sits at the board table, all that's going through his mind is: will it make the boat go faster?

COMMENT: The domestic sharemarket has continued its march ahead, with the S&P/NZX 50 Index moving through 7000 points for the first time ever.

Since May 2011 the market index has piled on an average increase of 14.6% a year, to the point where it is now almost double where it was in May 2011.

COMMENT: Will the Internet of Things, wearables and cloud computing shore up chip giant Intel's business?

COMMENT: After money was stolen from through the SWIFT network, it is clear how easy it is for hackers to take advantage of customers online.

COMMENT: What do most businesses focus most of their marketing activities on?

COMMENT: Think of the long term value of someone having a good experience in your business.

COMMENT: Not talking about money with your kids is like not talking about sex. Avoiding it is not a great option.

Oil broke through US$50 ($75) a barrel last week for the first time since October.

Sky TV bosses say Television New Zealand is grabbing too much of its exclusive sports footage to use on news bulletins and websites.

COMMENBT: Fu Wah International, which already has plans to build two hotels in Auckland, wants to take a stake in a Kiwi retirement village operator.

COMMENT: The population is up, the Govt wants debt to go down. Net result: not a lot left to play with, writes Brian Fallow.

COMMENT: Much has been written about the mana of the Chiefs, so let's nod our heads and agree it's awesome. What isn't is playing for the Warriors.

COMMENT: In any relationship, familiarity can breed contempt if the needs of either party fail to be addressed, not yet so with Budget 2016.