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This is where we look at career advice, and discuss finance, investment, law. Here we'll provide you the sort of resources & insights that you'll come back to, and with heavyweight contributors in the form of the Investment Research Group, and Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur mag we're sure you will.
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Halal
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has identified halal as an emerging global trend that holds great promise for New Zealand’s food and beverage, cosmetics and beauty products. However the trend is still in its infancy. NZTE ... More about Halal
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Google's New Privacy Policy: When Consumers' Worlds Collide, the Company Stands to Profit
George Costanza would hate Google's new privacy policy. The "Seinfeld" character was distressed enough when his fiancée started hanging out with a friend of a friend, bringing separate parts of his life into contact and causing his... More about Google's New Privacy Policy: When Consumers' Worlds Collide, the Company Stands to Profit
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Maximising seasonal sales
Holidays and other seasonal events affect different businesses in different ways. Some businesses will experience a boom as others enter a quiet period. Regardless of the effect of seasonal events like Christmas, Easter, the opening or closing of... More about Maximising seasonal sales
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Flipping the Switch: Who Is Responsible for Getting Employees to Take a Break?
It is quitting time, and you know the drill. You grab your coat and slip on your Bluetooth for a quick call with a client on the commute home. You stop at the grocery store and, while you are in line, pluck out your BlackBerry to respond to... More about Flipping the Switch: Who Is Responsible for Getting Employees to Take a Break?
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Why have a board?
This section makes the case for SMEs to take the next step in their business development by setting up a board. A board can improve performance, mitigate risk, focus on the big picture and can also help develop a better exit strategy... More about Why have a board?
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Private Equity: Fact, Fiction and What Lies in Between
What good is private equity, anyway? As its critics see it, these investment pools make money the wrong way -- buying "target companies," slashing jobs, piling on debt and selling the prettied-up remnants, which by then are doomed to fail. To ... More about Private Equity: Fact, Fiction and What Lies in Between
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What is a trade mark?
A trade mark is a unique identifier, often referred to as a “brand” or “logo”. Once a trade mark is registered, the ® symbol may be used with the trade mark. Trade marks can include words, logos, colours, shapes,... More about What is a trade mark?
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What's Wrong with This Picture: Kodak's 30-year Slide into Bankruptcy
As Eastman Kodak begins to adapt to the challenges of bankruptcy, David A. Glocker's company, Isoflux, is expanding -- thanks to technology he developed in Kodak's research labs. He didn't steal anything. In fact, before he founded... More about What's Wrong with This Picture: Kodak's 30-year Slide into Bankruptcy
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Protecting your business from cyber attacks
Growth in technology has changed the way we do business, and we now connect with customers and share information faster than ever. Most businesses store crucial information such as client lists, credit card numbers and personal data on multiple... More about Protecting your business from cyber attacks
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Revisiting the American Dream: Is the U.S. Providing Fewer Opportunities to Get Ahead?
The widening income gap has become a controversial issue in the United States, as liberals decry the decline of the middle class and conservatives argue that a healthy market economy must reward effort, enterprise and risk taking. But on the related... More about Revisiting the American Dream: Is the U.S. Providing Fewer Opportunities to Get Ahead?
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