Personal Finance
Retail landlords nervous
By LIZ MCDONALD - The Press
Confidence among commercial landlords has plunged in the past three months, as LIZ McDONALD reports.
It'll be a buyer's market in 2009
By NICK CHURCHOUSE - The Dominion Post
New Zealand house prices reversed fortunes in 2008, dropping 9 per cent in the third quarter amid better news for home buyers.
Redundancy help package detailed
A package to assist those made redundant in the current economic turmoil will cost $50 million over two years if 70,000 people lose their jobs.
Yes is more for hopeful investors
Age a factor as managers win backing
By ROB STOCK - Sunday Star Times
The overwhelming strength of the "yes" votes granted to finance companies asking for a stay of execution has been a surprise.
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