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What start-ups need to know to speak the language of the angels
Bill Payne offers advice on what angel investors look for when investing
NZ firms in top tier of global optimism
Two-thirds of NZ businesses are optimistic about their outlook for 2010, a survey has found.
<i>Green Business:</i> New Zealand's first EcoBroker
A new kind of real estate agent – known as an EcoBroker - has entered the Kiwi housing market.
<i>Celebrating success:</i> That's so crazy it just might work ...
Here in New Zealand successful entrepreneurs have done well out of everything from public toilets to coffins and even a gas-powered hangi.
Bruce Sheppard - life beyond the fringe
Blunt language and silly stunts get the attention, but are Bruce Sheppard and the Shareholders Association getting results?
Flood of drug money kept banks afloat, says UN man
What kept the financial system afloat at the height of the global crisis?
<i>Yoke Har Lee:</i> Firm plays NZ drawcard to win drug trials
High standards and lower costs have helped to gain contracts from international pharmaceutical firms.
The changing face of work
Ten reasons why the workplace of 2009 is almost unrecognisable from that of 1999.
Surge in Eftpos, credit card purchases up to Christmas
A surge of Eftpos and credit card transactions shows New Zealanders are picking up the purchasing pace in the lead-up to Christmas.
Knives are out over World Cup catering
The head of New Zealand's largest private front-of-house hospitality training institute says the country is setting itself up to fail at the Rugby World Cup because it does not have enough top-end hospitality staff.
$1300 for each of us - what ACC will cost
Steep rises in levies mean a person on the average wage with one car will pay $1300 to ACC each year - $180 more than they do now.
ACC chairman denies acting politically
ACC board chairman John Judge today rejected an allegation he had acted politically over levy proposals.
Average worker hit with $200 ACC levy hikes
The Govt's ACC levy increases are less than were recommended by the ACC board but still about $200 a year for an average income worker with a car.
<i>Yoke Har Lee:</i> From baby steps to international sales
Yes, shoe manufacturing in New Zealand can still be a viable business.
NZ's only tea plantation goes organic, starts exporting
New Zealand's only tea plantation is now certified organic in time to begin exporting its harvest.