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PM plays to the crowd in post-budget address

In front of the “biggest Cabinet Club of the year”, John Key delivered a rousing post-budget address in Auckland this afternoon. It was a top-drawer performance from the Prime Minister, earning full marks from the business leaders who had shelled out $500 to attend. “The bottom line of yesterday’s budget is, I think, the fruition of five and a half …

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5 key points for Bill’s Budget

With Finance Minister Bill English set to deliver his sixth budget for the country, newzealandinc.com looks at five key themes to consider for the upcoming year’s financial framework. 1. Surplus – It’s been six years in the making and English will finally get to confirm this afternoon that the nation’s books are set to get out of the red. It seemed …

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Budget 2014 Coverage

Finance Minister Bill English has unveiled his sixth budget, setting the fiscal agenda for NZ just months out from the election. Since 2009, English has worked towards bringing New Zealand back to surplus and has finally been able to confirm what seemed like a distant goal in the wake of the global financial crisis. In what he  previewed as a …

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Los Angeles embracing Silicon Beach

Zack Zalon is the CEO and Managing Partner of digital design firm Wilshire Axon and co-found of digital incubator Elevator Labs. Zalon specializes in building interactive business in Los Angeles, focused on working with highly technical and innovative companies and improving Los Angeles as an investment prospect and the perception around the investment community. “LA always has been and continues …

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2013: Jeremy Webb “Social media in China is enormous”

By Alexander Speirs Jeremy Webb, Digital Influence Strategist and Head of Social at Ogilvy Public Relations sought to buck the trend on social media discussion in his address to the 2013 China Business Summit, giving tips on making a brand – not breaking it. “Social media in China is enormous,” said Webb. “95 per cent of those living in tier 1 …

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China Skinny looking to demystify ‘size and scale’ of China’s cities

newzealandinc.com talks to the businessman behind one of China”s fastest growing marketing and research agencies, Shanghai-based Kiwi Mark Tanner, as his business China Skinny focuses on telling the “size and scale” story of China”s cities. The ?majority of foreign businesses tend to focus on China?s mega-cities. Shanghai and Beijing not surprisingly top the agenda when China is being considered, but …

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New Zealand Food & Beverage Month in Beijing

newzealandinc.com catches up with Beijing-based Alex Worker, Director of Marianas Group, to talk about the mood on the ground in China in the wake of the Fonterra food scare and NZ Food & Beverage month in Beijing. spy app for android It’s been a turbulent few weeks for Fonterra in the wake of a further dairy crisis. Our largest company …

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Toys bringing big business for Zuru

From hot air balloons in small-town New Zealand to Ferraris in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, it’s been quite a journey for Nick Mowbray, whose family-owned Zuru Toys continues to go from strength to strength in Southern China. It didn’t come easy, says Nick Mowbray, the Cambridge man at the helm of Zuru Toys, a rapidly growing New Zealand toy company he …

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Huawei – Scott Sykes “We are able to control our greed”

Alexander Speirs visits Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei at its Shenzhen HQ and sits down with VP Scott Sykes to discuss the company and its increasing role in New Zealand’s communications ecosystem. “We feel very welcome in New Zealand.” Sykes tells me from the outset. “The New Zealand Government and John Key have been very progressive in embracing communications technology and …

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Focus: China – September 2013

cell phone lookup numbers newzealandinc.com presents Focus: China – September 2013 as we look at some of the contemporary talking points coming out of China for New Zealand – with business, food & beverage, social media and telecommunications in the spotlight.   Toys bringing big business for Zuru: From hot air balloons in small-town New Zealand to Ferraris in Shenzhen …

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