Early start today with breakfast at 6:15am, something I’m going to have to get used to! Today is the Economist’s China Summit for 2013. Taking place for the third time in as many years, the conference this year is themed around the recent leadership change that took place in China and the greater implications it could have both domestically and internationally. Boasting …

Christmas shoppers used plastic cards to spend up on pretty much everything except fuel, according to Statistics New Zealand. comparison and contrast essay The value of electronic card spending in retail industries rose 0.3 percent in December from November. It was the third consecutive monthly increase. The value of total electronic card transactions rose by 0.4 percent in December. The …

Employers will demand greater productivity from their existing staff this year before they make fresh hires, according to the latest Employment Trends report released by recruitment consultants Hudson. The report summarises employers’ human resources priorities for the year and whether they intend to increase, maintain or decrease staffing levels. Almost a third of all employers (30.8 per cent) said enhancing …