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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?

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.

Liam Dann: Brexit trumps Eurovision madness

Bernard Hickey: Want to own a house in Auckland? Circle these dates

Everyone who cares about the future of the economy, interest rates and house prices needs to circle two dates in their calendars this year.

Diana Clement: Best bargains are the ones you don't buy

COMMENT: Owning too much stuff has serious financial consequences. The more you own the more you pay for insurance.

Mary Holm: SpaceX, Alibaba and high flying dreams

COMMENT: Alarm bells are ringing and danger signs are looming large. You can "safely" invest in large international companies, but not this way.

Brian Gaynor: As advertising moves, so must the publishers

COMMENT: The proposed merger between NZME and Fairfax NZ is a further sign that media companies continue to look for viable business models.