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John Key may be more visible than his predecessors but the jury is still out on whether he cuts the mustard as a Prime Minister who will lift NZ into the first world. Prime...

  It may take up to 30 months to protect your patent in China but having a stick to wield against Chinese copycats and IP thieves is a necessity. Christopher Withers’ company Aquatite Enterprises...

  New Zealanders spend too much time trying to reinvent the wheel. To raise national income, a sharper focus on weightless exports is needed that calls for active mining of the vast web of...

  Online travel booking tools are becoming a way of life for some companies that find it more convenient and cost-efficient to have business travellers handle simple transactions with the click of a mouse....

US organic food sales were up 5% last year, while general food sales grew by just 2%. The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines says passenger and cargo traffic volumes are close to returning to...

Japanese shipping line MOL will implement a general rate increase of US$160 (NZ$219) TEU and $274 per FEU as well as on 40-foot high cube boxes from June 1 on cargo from Canada to...

On-time performance by global carriers in the last quarter of 2009 significantly worsened from the first half of the year. From a high of nearly 68% in the second quarter of 2009, carriers were...

Chinese consumers are buying an estimated $7.5 billion (NZ$1.56 billion) per year of luxury products and the market is growing 15% annually. The biggest or best fairs may not be the right one for...

New Zealand’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are very entrepreneurial and innovative, but few successfully internationalise their products, says a Massey University lecturer. Dr Loren Stangl says New Zealand SMEs often underestimate the importance of...

There has been a “remarkable” jump in demand for German plastic manufacturing equipment this year, with the pace of recovery outstripping expectations from the sector, according to FoodProductionDaily.com. The Malaysian Fisheries Department is backing...