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Gareth Morgan's big tax idea

After motorbiking round the world and saving Happy Feet, economist Gareth Morgan wants to revolutionise our tax and welfare system. Andrew Laxon asks him why.

Police, SFO join forces to fight financial crime

Stock takes: Air NZ'S Dreamliner nightmare set to continue

Commonwealth rated worst home lender

Commonwealth Bank has been rated the worst of Australia's major home lenders, while the industry's smaller players remain the people's favourites.

Bernard Hickey: Hero in the wings

Mary Holm: Leveraging assets goes back a way

Berlusconi lashes out over ratings cut

St Laurence assets fail to stack up for 1300 bondholders

Firms facing struggle as quake cover set to run out

Major holder emerges for Heartland

Insurance costs hinge on summit

Brian Gaynor: Changing the scores unfair to investors

Normalising profits to bury the bottom line shouldn't be the norm.

ACC author: Drop pay-as-you-go to slash levies

Trustees to come under much stricter supervision

Local finance firm wins loyalty

Success: Rules deliver rewards for advisers

New law creates barriers to would-be financial advisers - and that's good news for some.