Cooking the Books podcast: How to stop 'buy now, pay later' unexpectedly trapping you in debt

Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to stop debt becoming a problem. Hosted by Frances Cook. Debt is one of those things that quite quickly... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 31st, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Clarification on criminal fortunes story

Clarification: On Sunday 17 July 2022, the Herald on Sunday published a story entitled "REVEALED: New Zealand's 10 biggest criminal fortunes". This article included reference to Ron Salter, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to health... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 30th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Money Talks: Grant Robertson: 'I loved him, he was my father but I never really forgave him'

"Money plays such a big role in the way we live our lives," Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson tells Liam Dann on the Money Talks podcast."In an instant you can be changed."Talking about his personal relationship with money... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 29th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Facebook owner Meta suffers first revenue drop in history, teams will 'shrink'

Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta has recorded its first revenue decline in history after it warned that Apple's privacy change would see it take a staggering US$10 billion hit in lost sales this year.Meta also struggled... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 29th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Changes at the top table at Port of Tauranga

The board of listed Port of Tauranga rings in the changes today, with long-serving chair David Pilkington stepping down and a new director appointed.Departing Swire Shipping country manager Brodie Stevens is to join the top table... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Online share trader Hatch gets new acting boss after two co-founders announce departures

Online investment platform Hatch has a new chief executive after co-founder and CEO Kristen Lunman resigned.FNZ acquired Hatch last year. FNZ New Zealand chief executive James McDonnell said Jarred Sewell was now Hatch's acting... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Sudden downfall of fitness empire F45, 110 staff laid off

F45 co-founder Rob Deutsch says "never in his wildest dreams" could he have imagined the sudden downfall of the fitness empire he started in 2013.The Aussie gym behind what actor Mark Wahlberg calls the "best workout on the planet"... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Laybuy to slash headcount by a third as it targets profitability

Kiwi buy now pay later operator Laybuy is to cut its headcount by a third - around 45 workers, mainly from its Auckland head office - as it focuses on making the business profitable.The company had been seeking an injection of capital... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Biggest investing mistake 30-somethings make

OPINION: While there are a lot of things you can do with your money, the right move at the wrong time is still the wrong move. In this piece I unpack the key things you should be focused on in your thirties to be smart with your... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments

Business confidence in a 'less gloomy holding pattern' – ANZ

By RNZ Business sentiment has become slightly less gloomy but remains pressured by strong inflation, rising interest rates and labour shortages.The ANZ Bank's monthly survey of business confidence showed a net 57 per cent of... Source: NZ Herald Business News

By | July 28th, 2022|Business|0 Comments