Ireland gives America the finger(s) over Apple's tax shifting; Where is America's creatively destructive jobs growth?; The beginning of the end of QE, or just the end of the beginning? The drive for a 'living wage'; Dilbert

S&P says 1 in 3 chance it will cut in Kiwibank's A+ rating in next 3 years as NZ's economic risks rise; NZ Post says disappointed with rating move; S&P also eyeing how supportive NZ Govt is of struggling NZ Post

PM Key downbeat on 'broken' Solid Energy's future after KordaMentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on NZ$389 mln of debt

The Auckland Accord's plan to build 39,000 houses in 3 years isn't credible without massive changes for builders, financiers & home buyers

S&P warns it may cut credit ratings of TSB Bank, Co-op Bank, Heartland Bank and 5 credit unions by 1 or 2 notches; cites NZ's 'economic vulnerabilities' and risk of housing slump 

Why doubling Japan's money supply won't fix its demographic drag on inflation and growth; How economies can grow old with dignity; Target 3% unemployment; Time-lapsed NZ; Dilbert

IMF gives NZ qualified tick; Cicada farming for protein?; Rounding up the herd with drones?; Did the Internet kill the Middle Class; Strolling along the Thames in China; Dilbert

Bernard Hickey lays out his internet tool kit for buying property, including useful links to mortgage and interest rate calculators, and property value sites 

Bernard Hickey reckons rising house prices can push higher only as long as interest rates stay low, but the music will stop when interest rates rise