OpinionDeborah Hill Cone<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: When life's a gamble, why worryForget agonising over what to do - there's more luck to success or failure than we'd like to admit.07 Oct 08:30 PM
OpinionTamsyn Parker<i>Stock Takes:</i> Crumbling takeoverTower's move to bid for Fidelity Life Assurance without securing support from Fidelity's major shareholders has left some wondering whether it has some underlying plan which has yet to be revealed.07 Oct 04:30 PM
Opinion<i>Richard Fyers:</i> Overseas buyers a blessing to struggling farmsContrary to public opinion, there is no queue of foreigners to buy farmland in New Zealand.06 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionFran O'Sullivan<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Hubbard's A-team won't be cheapHow did Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard assemble a top-flight team of lawyers and public relations practitioners to defend his reputation and protect what's left of his dwindling commercial empire?05 Oct 04:30 PM
Opinion<i>Susan Easton:</i> Movie giant's fall fable for net ageThe dwindling shelf life of video stores has hit the headlines recently after a couple of high profile bankruptcies in the US.04 Oct 08:30 PM
Telecommunications<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Last call for lobbyist, but telcos not yet off hookErnie Newman's efforts have delivered many gains for consumers over the past dozen years.03 Oct 04:30 PM
Opinion<i>Chris Barton</i>: Roll over Telecom, the Jetsons' revolution has finally arrivedVision becomes reality as more people turn to the internet for phone calls.03 Oct 04:30 PM
Small Business<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Get away from work and get the paybackNow do you make workshop training pay for itself? If you're a small business owner, the most interesting word in that sentence is "pay".03 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionJohn Drinnan<i>Media</i>: Losing the plot over Jackson's HobbitSir Peter Jackson is being cast as Gandalf in a row about payment for actors...30 Sep 04:30 PM
OpinionTamsyn Parker<i>Stock Takes</i>: Tasty pickingsIt's not just Chinese investors looking to buy NZ food companies. 30 Sep 04:30 PM
OpinionBrian Fallow<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Decision will have impact on consumersThe Commerce Commission has a big call to make by the end of the year.29 Sep 04:30 PM
Business<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Small town software has fans in high placesInternational flagbearer for open-source movement began with a librarian's quest to save money.26 Sep 04:30 PM
Media and marketing<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: It's the message that matters, not the postmanHow do we generate more new business cheaply and easily? That's the magic pill businesses are looking for. Some might feel social media is the answer.26 Sep 04:30 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill ConeDeborah Hill Cone:Thanks for coming, now leave us aloneExports, not fawning over foreign visitors, is what we should focus on.23 Sep 09:30 PM
OpinionJohn Drinnan<i>Media</i>: MP gets an easier run than TV headsNever mind sex on TV.23 Sep 05:30 PM
Employment<i>Gill South</i>: Doing it rough for the nightFundraiser to aid the homeless gives executives the chance to do good, and be better role models.23 Sep 05:30 PM
OpinionTamsyn Parker<i>Stock takes</i>: Brierley's back-downThe GPG shake-up is long overdue.23 Sep 05:30 PM
Business<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Calls that bring prospects in from the coldThe biggest problem with cold-calling is the almost 100 per cent rejection rate just waiting for you. But cold-calling works, has always worked and will always work, if you19 Sep 05:30 PM
Business<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Industry of the future celebrates its half-centuryThe Computer Society hits 50. One man has been a member most of the way.19 Sep 05:30 PM
