Opinion
Forecasters breaching principles
By J SCOTT ARMSTRONG and KESTEN GREEN
OPINION: We have recently proposed a model that provides forecasts that are more than seven times more accurate than forecasts from the procedures used by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Watching the profits sale away
By ADAM DAVY
OPINION: This year the customer was blessed with both pre and post Christmas sales.
Reaching for the Sky
By DAVID HARGREAVES
OPINION: SkyCity's profit upgrade is a great tonic for the market ahead of the results reporting season next month.
Flaws in accounting rules

By MALCOLM MAIDEN
The international accounting brains trust scored another victory over common sense yesterday.
Evaluating 'independent' advice
By ROSS GITTINS
Third parties can suffer when businesses pay outsiders to assess them.

Rio arrests could backfire badly
By IAN VERRENDER
A stunning inconsistency lies at the heart of the accusations that Rio Tinto and its executives engaged in espionage.
Fighting copyright pirates hand to hand
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: The new proposed section 92a does not provide a means to enforce copyright on a mass scale.
Derailed by infrastructure

By IAN VERRENDER
Macquarie Group's decision to devalue the jewels in its flagship satellite trust is likely to create headaches for a range of financial institutions that plunged into infrastructure.
HP NZ's marketing sent back 20 years
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: The first press conference I attended, in London in 1990, was for the launch of a digital audio tape device designed to back up data from HP3000 minicomputers.
Single 4G network makes sense

By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: Building a shared 4G mobile network that could be jointly owned by the three carriers may seem strange. But it makes perfect sense.

Getting smart may be just the ticket
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: Public transport users may wish the Transport Agency, local government and public transport operators were directing as much of their intellect into keeping buses and trains running on time as they seem to be on the intricacies of Auckland's $98 million integrated ticketing project.
Time to terminate the mobile debate?
OPINION: Should mobile phone users care whether Vodafone, Telecom and the Commerce Commission strike a voluntary deal to reduce mobile termination rates, or regulation ensues?
Sky TV must step up
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: It is now six months since Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman canned the previous government's review of broadcasting regulation.
Creative spark key to city's success
By ANDREW WHITEFORD
OPINION: Those of us who live in Wellington like to think of it as the creative and innovative hub of New Zealand with the highest-qualified workforce and highest incomes.
Council must be in to win on fibre plan
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: Whether or not the Government's $1.5 billion investment in ultrafast broadband works or proves value for money, it is the only major economic development initiative under way and one of the few areas of new government spending.

TiVo and Sky in NZ, episode one
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: The launch of TiVo, which will go on sale on Friday, is a little underwhelming.
Recycling key to fibre plan
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: Steven Joyce appears genuinely chuffed with the financial model for the ultrafast broadband initiative that he and his team of cerebral but experienced advisers have dreamt up.
Lofty ambitions need feet on the ground
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: Finland has received numerous accolades for declaring access to 1 megabit-per-second broadband would become a "legal right" in July, including from Labour communications spokeswoman Clare Curran.
Imports undermine once-durable trade
By JAMES WEIR
OPINION: A friend of mine is still sitting on a couch his father bought when my friend was about five. I have a presentable table and chairs bought in the early 1950s.
Govt should ban satnav mobiles
By TOM PULLAR-STRECKER
OPINION: The Government decision to cave in to gadget fans and allow people to use satellite navigation on their mobiles while driving is a mistake.

Infratil to keep Shell branding
Grocery prices fall in February
NZ dollar slips after rates announcement
Australia's jobless rate steady
Qantas heading towards bluer skies
Allied Farmers to be considered for NZX50
Australian shares open stronger
Graeme Hart Australasia's richest man
Clarke breaks off Bingle engagement - report
Bingle's agent wants A$1m for her story
Father made daughters pregnant 18 times
Cracks showing long before Bingle debacle
Day care staff 'sedated' children
Wellington caught in war of woods
Wellington caught in war of woods
Buzzers treat kids as 'unwanted pests'
Sonny Bill must sacrifice for All Blacks dream
