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<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard gives clear signal of 2011 rates move
Alan Bollard has given a pretty clear signal he expects to start raising interest rates before...
<i>Bernard Hickey : </i> Doing nothing while we get poorer
The Reserve Bankdid nothing today, as expected. It did nothing to stop New Zealand's slide in relative poverty.
Success: Funding helps make the most of milk
Angel investors' $500,000 aims to boost sales of dairy-based health products.
<i>Gareth Morgan:</i> Bubbles on beer budget poor life choice
Money isn't everything but having no money is. Ask anyone on poor street...
Fran O'Sullivan: Treasury needs boss with guts and goals
No replacement in sight for John Whitehead, the 'shrinking violet' who's left for the World Bank.
Brian Gaynor: Phobia of local investment holding us back
Managed fund stats show depth of savings crisis facing New Zealand.
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Kiwibank's foreign borrowing splurge
Kiwibank has revealed it borrowed $927m on short term 'hot' European money markets in five months and has quickly lent on much of it into the housing market.
<i>Inside Money:</i> Advisers open up: more to see, less to choose
How many authorised advisers are really independent?
Success: Seeing the future in clear water
Duo faced long struggle before finding a market for stormwater-treatment technology.
Success: Social media help reach the world
Facebook, Twitter, blogs are cost-effective ways to target a specific market, says business owner.
Brian Fallow: Ratings agencies pacified but no straying off track
Focus of concern is instead the amount the country as a whole is borrowing.
<i>Mary Holm:</i> Silver rather than gold-plated, but still hard to beat
The gainers from the Budget's KiwiSaver changes are those who don't belong to the scheme....