So Office Max (enterprise value US$4 billion), subsidiary Croxley Stationery, wins a NZ anti dumping case against 15 stationary importers from five South East Asian countries. Apparently selling stuff in New Zealand for cheaper than other markets is bad. The law is an ass – I’d rather have that cheaper stationary thank you, and I’d …
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eBay reported a loss of a huge $936m – due to the recent huge write-down of Skype value. However otherwise theu showed some good signs, and some not so good signs. Good – PayPal made $470m of revenue – up 35% Not so good: Auctions (marketplaces) listings fell 5%, and GMV (the value of stuff …
The top ten cool new features in OSX Leopard – in ascending order. This is very much biased to my needs, so your mileage may vary. 1: Video Recording Use Photo Booth to make movie clips. Capture those precious moments and send them to your friends in an email message. You can even choose a …
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Buried (ok not really buried, but towards the end) in a post by Rod Drury -is a hint that perhaps Xero will be available offline next year: Next year we’ll see the introduction of off-line functionality inside the standard browsers, so new scenarios start to open up. ….These clients will access the server based logic …
So Singapore airlines is going to have 14 first class suites, and an enhanced business class (also on their 777’s) on their A380 which will be plying the Sydney to Singapore route. That’s cool, and perhaps the quietness of the plane may tempt some of the corporate jet crowd back to commercial. Luxury cabins, however, …
Wondering where I am working in Perth? here is a site overview KNR GM Brett Swayn gave to analysts last month. The ‘Go for Green’ effort is referred to in the pack. The pack uses publicly available information, so is a bit scarce on details, but it’s the best I can share. Notice the focus …
Continuing a series of comments on the excellent NZ Institute Broadband report, we turn to page 8: Digital media. NZ Institute estimate $800m in extra benefits, with the tree showing $680m to $1.03bn. Here’s the top half: Let’s look the right hand sides. Current cost base = $2.1 billion. The source for this is unclear, …
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A couple opf folk sent me a link to a post on Louis Gray’s blog, link, which shows the relative decline in Alexa ranking of the news websites. Sites that used to be among the top visited sites in all the Web have plummeted, as fickle Web visitors have turned their attention away from the …
There are more tales of companies leaving the NZX, and the question is asked (via a workshop) whether the Government could step in. I really fail to see what more this Government would materially do to solve for a market that is simply too small. Not that there aren’t any possibilities, just that most would …
Rupert Murdoch, via Samefacts Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of inaction… Today, I am announcing our intention to be carbon neutral, across all our businesses, by 2010… Our strategy everywhere is the same: first, reduce our use of energy as …
The just released IAB report is showing $57.6m in online advertising spend for 1H 2006. That would imply we will hit well over $120-130m for the 2006 calendar year, once you take natural growth and the Christmas season into account. Indeed the IAB is showing over 20% growth from Q1 to Q2, which would imply$145m …
When your 10,000 tickets sell out in 19 minutes, it is time to raise your prices. At the very least, Toast Marlborough, bring in some price discrimination so that those who want to pay for not queuing, or for “gold entry”, can do so. You’ve left money on the table.
From tomfishburne, a reminder to all of us not to take brands too seriously. Aside from Apple of course.
This was sent to me by Paul Ryan, and is about to be posted on to Shipbuktu’s website – on the control panel which is registered members only. It’s a pretty impressive response to the customer service issues they have been having, some of which have been reported here. Bolding is mine. Some customers are …
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So the iPhone is in the UK – with O2. The interesting thing is that, like the USA, the iPhone is not coming with any 3G high speed mobile internet. Instead Apple and O2 have signed a deal with The Cloud, giving iPhone users free WiFi access at 7,500 UK locations. We don’t have that …
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