‘Hong Kong is an easy yet exotic place to do business’.  Learn how to do business in Hong Kong in under 15 minutes with The Economist’s guide to doing business in Hong Kong.

Business Insider – The Bush family is, without a doubt, both polarizing and prominent. With the exception of the Kennedys, the Bushes have the distinction of being America’s foremost political dynasty. Bushes have served in both the executive and legislative branches of our federal government — the family provided a pair of Presidents – the 41st and 43rd, and have held …

Methven, the tapware maker whose board agreed to link directors’ fee increases to earnings growth, reported a worse-than-expected 27 percent drop in first-half profit on its unprofitable British operation. Net profit fell to $2.3 million, or 3.5 cents per share, in the six months ended Sept. 30, from $3.2 million, or 4.8 cents, a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said …

Wellington, New Zealand (CNN) — You’d have to have been hiding down a, er, Hobbit hole, to miss the hubbub. You can fly to New Zealand, where the Hobbit premieres on Wednesday, on a Hobbit-branded plane — complete with a Hobbit-inspired safety video with Peter Jackson, telling you how to keep safe, if the flight approaches its own Mount Doom. When …

In her report on fracking, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, suggested tougher rules for oil and gas workers may improve protection for the public and the environment.  Listen here

The civil rights icon’s son, who is being treated for bipolar disorder, faces a federal investigation into possible misuse of campaign funds and a congressional probe into his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

What’s the next step in Israel, Hamas cease-fire? Former Israeli Ambassador Dore Gold weighs in.

Mike Carden of Sonar6 gave a fascinating speech at Deloitte’s Innovation Conversations event series on ‘Innovating the product and business model’

Missu Peace – an upcoming film co-produced between New Zealand and Japan – was recently selected for the Tokyo International Film Festival project market. Selection allows the team responsible for Missu Peace to pitch to the market in the hope of securing investment Whilst this is a huge opportunity for all of the Missu Peace team, it sends a clear …

Despite having only the 60th largest economy in the world and existing in the relative secludes of the South Pacific, it seems New Zealand has once again found a way to outshine the world – at least according to Forbes. For 2012, New Zealand has done one better on Forbes’ annual list of Best Countries for Business, winning away the …