Thursday in Shanghai provided a highlight of the trip with a trip to Pudong to see Leon Mickleson at Brew – but first an early morning start at NZ Central. A breakfast at Kea that Fran was speaking at was the first stop for the morning. Like in Beijing, the theme was xenophobia and investment in New Zealand with a …

A visiting competition expert says regulating petrol prices doesn’t work, and that international attention is now turning to the role refineries play in the industry. Justus Haucap, who holds the chair of competition theory and policy at the University of Dusseldorf, told a seminar in Wellington of an economic laboratory experiment he was involved with to shed light on the …

Major electricity users and most electricity companies are gearing up to challenge a radical new Electricity Plan changing the way they pay for access to the national grid. resume writing service Papers published on the EA’s website show a combination of confusion and opposition to the proposals, which the industry regulator unveiled in October, cutting through more than a decade …