Chicago’s OHare airport is ripping out pay phones and replacing them with power sockets, chairs and counters. Bless them – I’m sick of wandering around (usually american) airports looking for power sockets. Disposable income for “Managers” is largest in Saudi Arabia, small in the USA and generally better in third world countries than first world. …
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15.5% per annum – that’s the investor return Mark Clare is reporting for 42 Below IPO takers. It is a great article. Folks – that’s not success for those shareholders (but it was for the founders and financiers). An IPO is risky business, and expected returns are much higher. The exit was pretty smooth though, …
About time – we’ve aways been able to do this with travel agents, and now Qantas lets you schedule a flight and then commit later. Unfortunately there is a $25 deposit, which you lose if you do not commit. It is unclear whether you lose this if you move the flight. (So it isn’t perfect …
To me a successful IPO: is fully subscribed raises the money at a fair price results in a healthy listing Xero was fuly subscribed, BF was not. We shall wait and see whether BF is able to make the second deadline with a meaningful shareholder base. To determine whether the price was fair, we look …
not a great record for Xero shares so far, on very thin trading though. Remember they launched at $1.10, but cost IPO investors $1. If you didn’t get any shares at the IPO, and still believe, then now would be a good time. well for a start BFW has not yet managed to raise their …
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A few comparisons of NZ versus US shopping prices in Sunday’s SST. DVD’s are about the same cost in (I buy mine from Amazon), while a lego toy was half price in NZ. It pays to pick and choose it seems. Generally electronics were much cheaper in the US though. Windows Vista Premium is half …
I’m a huge fan of Jalopnik – which covers all new and exciting in the car world. They have largely taken the place of car magazines for me. anyway – how the heck did this happen? (the car came in from outside, after going up a mound. The front end of the BMW is in …
Good: launching a new site Stupendously Bad: Using AFR.com technology I don’t know where to sart – such a frustrating experience from a new site.. The articles are displayed in flash. You can’t copy, highlight with a mouse as you read, change the size of the reading window or scroll using the mouse button. In …
For some reason “New Zealand” is (currently) the 51st most popular Wikipedia search – ahead of any other country. Strange.
Trade Me have quietly launched Pay Now. This is a really important development, as it is the final barrier falling between Trade Me’s traditional model and true eCommerce. Now you can Buy and Pay with a credit card in one move, and just walk away from the screen. All for free. (Sellers pay a credit …
The guys at Fairfax have quietly launched rugbyheaven.co.nz. (Sadly I am not there to watch) If you were (a rugby fan and) wondering where YahooXtra’s Marc Hinton and Duncan Johnstone had got to . . . . well now you know. There are also articles there from the likes of The Press’s Richard Fowler, Dom …
..well at least in Australia. It seems that Netratings has woken up to the reality of Web 2.0 and videos, and will use time on at site as their principal measure. That’s fair, as far as I am concerned, and something I’ve advocated for a while. We shuuld remember that NetRatings is not dominant in …
I’m actually ok with Telecom outsourcing part of their broadband help-desk support to Manila – as long as they do it right, which, knowing Telecom, they won’t. Here are some implementation tips for them…. Firstly, don’t let the Filipinos pretend that they are sitting in Waikanae or Auckland. That’s insulting to them and insulting to …
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Great Headline: Air NZ reverses plan to tighten 737 seating I’d love to blame the blogosphere… but the airline touts passengers ad travel agents as those responsible for pushing back. There are still a few planes that will remain cramped though…
Peter O’Hara’s old COO/Chief editor job is being expanded and split in two, and Peter has decided to part ways. This was news to me, and that’s a sad loss to Fairfax, though I trust we will see Peter bounce up somewhere else.
