Investing smarter
The budget 2017: The argument for treating the government like a business
The government has announced the coffers it’ll be pouring taxpayers’ money into for the 2017 year. But is it about time New Zealanders got business-savvy as investors and asked for some evidence on the outcomes of this spending?
Technology
Death and taxes: are the giants of the digital economy paying their fair share? UPDATED!!!
We’ve had it pretty good for a while now. Hours of House of Cards on Netflix? Tax free. Months of Spotify premium? Tax free. That Chromecast thing you bought from Amazon? Tax free. But it looks like those good times may be coming to an end.
Investment
Is Candy Crush’s $US5.9bn sale a sign of the coming tech crash?
Some forecasters are saying the current tech investment boom has all the warning signs seen when the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s. So should we be afraid…very afraid? What are the chances this is Bubble 2.0? Idealog asks some Kiwi high-flyers.
