Sealegs Corp, which makes amphibious boats, posted a return to full-year profit after raising prices while sales of its vessels slipped. Profit was $204,000 in the 12 months ended March 31, from a loss of $1.86 million a year earlier, the Auckland-based company said in a statement. Sales rose about 19 percent to $16.4 million. The company sold 104 boats …
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By Brierley Penn Boarding the bus to Andrew’s Air Base at 7am this morning was a notably jaded delegation. After three days of networking, conferencing, 6am starts and a little bit of sightseeing, the group was understandably looking forward to the relative luxury of a five hour sleep on the plane trip to LA. However, in Washington D.C. a trip …
Read More »Day 3: Visiting Olympus
After both an interesting and thought provoking first day of the Partnership Forum, the second and final session of the program began with an address from our Trade Minister Tim Groser. He set the stage for a day of discussion focused more towards the public sector with trade, security and foreign policy atop the agenda. Two plenary sessions which incited …
Read More »Huka lodge owner Alex van Heeren ‘misrepresented’ former partner Michael Kidd over an indemnity agreement – South African High Court judgment
The South African High Court has issued a damning judgment saying Huka Lodge owner Alex van Heeren made deliberate misrepresentations to his former business partner Michael Kidd inducing him to sign away his rights to a share in worldwide assets claimed to be worth $US25million – $US30 million. Judge Kathy Satchwell has declared void the January 18, 1991 indemnity agreement …
Read More »Book pitch – David Hackett Fischer dishes an exercise in patience to ‘Future Partners’
“You are not the first people to walk this earth,” that’s how Pulitzer Prize winning author David Hackett Fischer yesterday dealt with (note not ‘dealt to’) clear impatience by some Future Partners’ to have a bigger role in the actions that will determine our combined futures. “You can learn from experienced people as we learn from the experience of the …
Read More »New Zealand through Google’s glasses
newzealandinc.com interviews Johanna Shelton of Google to get her perspective on New Zealand business and the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Read More »Alan Bersin: Homeland Security in a context of global trade
By Brierley Penn “Information is power,” said Alan Bersin, US Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer in his address to the US-NZ Partnership Forum this morning. But the traditional messages that we have taken from this, that power derives from hiding and preserving information, must change in the context of international security. In a …
Read More »US-NZ Pacific Partnership Forum 2013 Twitter Feed – Day 2
newzealandinc.com brings you all of the best from the social media space at the US-NZ Pacific Partnership Forum taking place in Washington D.C. Tim Groser: US could achieve “reverse takeover” of the WTO via #TTP and TTIP #USNZnext — Chye-Ching Huang (@dashching) May 21, 2013 “A plan without a vision, can become a nightmare and vision without a too …
Read More »Gabriel Makhlouf becomes moderate
Treasury secretary Gabs Makhlouf asked panel what keeps them awake at night in relation to TPP. Cal Cohen – a nightmare that the negotiations not include the US. Urge the negotiators to achieve high standards but do expeditiously. Can’t expect Canada to open up dairy market if we won’t open up sugar. Also apparel for a country like Vietnam it …
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