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Graham McGregor: How to create new revenues

Many of your customers may be using your product or service to help them do things that you have never thought of.

Brian Fallow: Retail sales reveal healthy pulse and savings rates also positive

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

KiwiSaver: Oz super can't be used for NZ first home

Systems are now in place to bring superannuation savings across the Tasman but there is some fine print, particularly for first-home buyers, writes helen Twose.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Unbeatable networking tips

With a bit of prior research and these handy tips, learn how to network with ease and to your advantage.

Get Sorted: Tipping the "too hard" basket

When setting goals and planning for the future seem all too hard, it’s time to carve them down into manageable chunks.

Liam Dann: Big share prices require big earnings

How actual corporate earnings compare with the elevated heights at which many stocks are now trading will be fascinating to see, writes Liam Dann.

Christopher Niesche: Business leaders await the fall of Abbott

When Tony Abbott faced the recent challenge to his leadership and a party room revolt a few days ago, Australia's business leaders politely said what was expected of them.

Fran O'Sullivan: Will Bill collar SkyCity over centre funding?

Bill English really is the bad cop in the Govt's brinksmanship with SkyCity over just whose pockets will be picked to pay for the $70m to $130m cost overrun for the convention centre.

Diana Clement: Youths should be insured

Insurance would be the last thing many students are thinking about at this time of the year. Yet, it's precisely what they need, writes Diana Clement.

Juha Saarinen: IT security vet on privacy

The internet has turned into a massive social experiment in which unknown people know everything about you and other people.

Carmel Fisher: Crowdfunding evolving fast, but it's not for everyone

If I were a banker, I'd be feeling a little uncomfortable. It seems a new digital disruption is on its way, about to do to banking what iTunes did to music and Amazon did to product sales.

Fran O'Sullivan: Watchdog needs to be open about probe

Financial Markets Authority boss Rob Everett should simply tell the market exactly what its probe into alleged market manipulation at one of the country's highest profile funds manager entails.

Inside Money: Optimist economist unwinds in NZ

Economist Bob Baur says despite global tensions, the medium- to long-term outlook is positive, particularly for the developed world.

Graham McGregor: A simple marketing shortcut

Find someone in business that has a proven sales or marketing system which already works well and use it in your business.

KiwiSaver: Use savings to buy into partner's home

A reader writes: Can I withdraw my KiwiSaver funds for a first-home deposit if I want to buy half my partner's house?

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Make more sales - quoting from pain to gain

Get Sorted: There's no denying it

There are times when we just really don’t want to know how our finances are tracking towards retirement.

Mark Lister: Straight to full speed in 2015

Mark Lister writes: This year has started in an eventful fashion and a number of key developments will set the tone for 2015.