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Sky TV's threat to TVNZ over sport clips
Sky TV bosses say Television New Zealand is grabbing too much of its exclusive sports footage to use on news bulletins and websites.
Stock Takes: Developer targets NZ aged-care
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.
Brian Fallow: Spending caught in a squeeze
COMMENT: The population is up, the Govt wants debt to go down. Net result: not a lot left to play with, writes Brian Fallow.
Andrew Mulligan: Chiefs provide blueprint
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.
Pippos: Familiarity yet to breed contempt
COMMENT: In any relationship, familiarity can breed contempt if the needs of either party fail to be addressed, not yet so with Budget 2016.
Fran O'Sullivan: Battle of the surpluses looms
COMMENT: English faces challenge in curbing Key's enthusiasm for tax cuts before election.
Manhire: English twiddles while ute burns
COMMENT: The 2016 Budget is a mix of bullish and Billish, writes Toby Manhire.
Comment: 2016 the 'broccoli Budget'
Liam Dann writes the 2016 Budget is the greens before the treats, but Bill English has delivered his promise of boring and stable.
Mark Lister: Tax cuts not needed at this stage
COMMENT: Tax cuts seem off the table for now, and I think they should stay that way, writes Mark Lister.
Juha Saarinen: Dangers of blind trust in hi-tech world
COMMENT: In outsourcing our cognitive capabilities to information tech systems, we gain convenience, but risk switching off critical faculties.
Brent Sheather: NZ shares vs the rest of the world
COMMENT: According to the History channel the D-Day Landings in June of 1944 owed their success, at least in part, to the allies' mis-information strategy.
Fran O'Sullivan: Time to level the playing field on tax
COMMENT: It's time for Bill English to announce a crackdown on multinational tax avoidance in New Zealand.
Robyn Pearce: Don't do emails first thing in the day
COMMENT: Set yourself regular checking times, but not in your prime creative time.
Graham McGregor: Using the 'simplify principle' to boost sales
COMMENT: Simplifying is the way to offer incredible value for money and so to make a market grow thousands or even millions of times.
Get Sorted: Is insurance a gamble?
Pushing your luck when considering insurance just puts makes it you against the odds. It's not about that.
Liam Dann: What to expect from Budget 2016 - scraps
COMMENT: Contrast between Finance Minister and PM has some questioning whether this is a political marketing job, writes Liam Dann.
Pokies king's retirement plans take a hit
COMMENT: Len Ainsworth started making poker machines more than 60 years ago to subsidise his dental equipment business.
Diana Clement: Don't stand for rip offs, vote with your feet
COMMENT: Kiwis' wallets are being siphoned daily by rorts and unjustified charges.
Fran O'Sullivan: Key thinks cut, but English says save
COMMENT: Was John Key's brain fart on the tax front an involuntary exercise or was it calculated?
Mary Holm: Ratepayers' options as income shrinks
COMMENT: What are the pitfalls and positives of deferring your council rates?
Brian Gaynor: Winners, losers in the generation game
COMMENT: Could the current 20 to 40-year-old generation be one of the first to be less well off than their parents?
Gear Friday: Taking Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto for a spin
COMMENT: Juha Saarinen offers his thoughts on Apple CarPlay and Google Android Auto.
Brian Fallow: Extra for power - it's only fair
COMMENT: Unwinding a cross-subsidy is never popular among those who have been on the bludger's end of one.
Drinnan: Big deal - beginning or ending?
Some will see the proposed merger of Fairfax New Zealand and NZME as the beginning of the end of an era for New Zealand media.
Liam Dann: The investment that's hotter than Auckland property
What kind of amazing investment could outperform the property market in this country?
Fran O'Sullivan: Politicians hop on housing bandwagon
COMMENT: Hallelujah. The political fix at national level on Auckland housing has finally been made.
Graham McGregor: On the value of recycled marketing
COMMENT: Here are the reasons why recycling is also a valuable strategy to use in your marketing.
Juha Saarinen: Ad-free streaming is bliss - but at a cost
Google's finally launching its answer to Apple Music, Spotify and other streaming music services - YouTube Red.
The art of networking - meet the guru
If Sunny Bates was an expert in electricity networks there'd be no questions about what she does.
Robyn Pearce: The magic bullet that will give you more time
Sometimes the answer is just to do less.
Mark Lister: Brexit of little consequence for lacklustre British market
COMMENT: Many still have money over there long after they've arrived in NZ sitting in pounds earning next to nothing, or invested in various UK funds and shares.
Get Sorted: Money gets a bit manic
Making quick tempo choices - especially if there's a credit card involved! - can lead to runaway spending. A two-day or two-person strategy works.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: He was pig headed proud and wasteful
Yesterday, over lunch at an international conference, I was chatting to one of the other speakers. He was a fellow author, sometime journalist, and commentator, Debbie Mayo-Smith writes.