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<i>Media:</i> Independent radio Big FM changing hands

<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Financial hub is a distant dream

On the face of it there is something risible, if not absurd, about any sentence with "New Zealand" and "financial hub" in it.

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Diplock a master at blame game

<i>Andrew Gawith:</i> Prudent approach to boom and bust

<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Divorce - it's bigger than the law

Lawyers are lawyers and although they can be extremely useful, their training to look at the dark side of every transaction does not help you move towards the light.

<i>John Shaw</i>: Do your homework before joining a board

<i>Anthony Doesburg:</i> Sea-power promoters swimming against the tide

<i>Martin Hawes:</i> Enforced savings are a homeowner's advantage

Although renting may be better financially, when you bring common behaviour into the mix the advantage evaporates.

<i>Fran O'Sullivan</i>: Fear-mongering doesn't compute

Fran O'Sullivan notes a contradiction emerging in the utterings of Fonterra on the one hand, and Federated Farmers on the other.

<i>Graeme Harrison:</i> Clever use of natural resources key to our future

<i>Gill South</i>: Leadership - it's about supporting others, not just helping yourself

<i>Peter Huck</i>: Telling tales, at home and abroad

<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Where freedom of speech means precisely that

<i>Deborah Hill Cone:</i> Nobody wants to be piggy-in-the-middle

<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Social media - giving back what email has lost

<i>Arun Abey</i>: Getting used to the 'new normal'