Archive for July, 2011

What should Murdoch have done?

July 25th, 2011

Rupert Murdoch’s empire is at the heart of an ongoing scandal surrounding unethical news and information gathering – hacking the phones of celebrities, politicians, …

Read more ...

.tel domain launches

July 25th, 2011

IT experts Hairy Lemon suggest businesses look at acquiring a .tel domain. They say .tel domains are a little different from other top level …

Read more ...

Cheque book may check out

July 18th, 2011

Payments NZ (PNZ) is in the early stages of planning a study of cheques as a payment instrument. NZ has one of
the highest uses …

Read more ...

Tax breaks for infrastructure investment?

July 18th, 2011

Staples Rodway Auckland Tax Director Andrew Dickeson says in its 2011 Budget, the Aust Govt introduced incentives for private infrastructure investment.
This raises the question, …

Read more ...

World economies: Best growth ideas

July 11th, 2011

Growing the economy – changing its balance – is one of the key planks of the Govt. Some say it has not done so …

Read more ...

Trend: Trash turns into treasure

July 11th, 2011

US firms are finding one thing which is going great guns in the slow recovery period is scrap exports. Everything from iron and steel …

Read more ...

Hot desking bad for job satisfaction

July 4th, 2011

The trend towards extreme hot desking (unassigned desks) in the workplace can lead to job dissatisfaction, feelings of powerlessness and identity issues.
Companies have …

Read more ...

Life lessons from successful entrepreneurs

July 4th, 2011

Barry Ritholtz CEO of FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm, has been fortunate to engage many of the world’s top entrepreneurs in conversation over the …

Read more ...