Tag Archives: NZ Business

NBR increases sales

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

It appears as though I made it to the front page of the NBR today. It was in an article written to defend the seemingly arbitrary and certainly poorly implemented decision last week to charge outrageous fees for access to … Continue reading →

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Analysis or Opinion, Faith or Facts?

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

I had a good email exchange yesterday with a friend. It started after the Tuesday post on improvement – and my comment about switching from MYOB to Xero. My friend is a big MYOB fan, and challenged the assertion that … Continue reading →

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NBR continues their descent into madness

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

Here’s NBR homepage, above the fold, this morning. I’ve helpfully crossed out in red the articles that are subscriber only, and in black the one article that has a bad link (which I suspect would be subscriber only anyway). Note … Continue reading →

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Plenty of opportunity with Telecom’s XT bills

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

With iPhone pricing comparisons all the rage right now, I decided to have a first look at my Telecom XT Bill. I knew this would be entertaining, but despite everything below there is a minor victory, in that I have … Continue reading →

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Let me pay my bill Contact Energy

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

I’ve been getting a number of letters from Contact Energy recently, so I decided to actually open one of them on Saturday afternoon. Turns out they are gas bills, and I’m well overdue. Time to pay the bill then. So … Continue reading →

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