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MIDDAY UPDATE: Telecom profits crimped by lower prices
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 12:32 pm | Patrick Smellie
May 16 (BusinessDesk) - Telecom expects profits to be under pressure as it faces more price competition in its fixed line market and margins are squeezed at its Gen-i unit. More >>
Weak business skills push NZ down global rankings
Thursday, 9 September 2010, 6:09 pm | Patrick Smellie
Sept. 9 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand has slipped three places from last year to 23rd in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, with this country’s business development being particularly weak compared to the other 138 nations in ... More >>
Battling Through A Turbulent Year
Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 1:04 pm | Patrick Smellie
In the latest issue of NZ Energy & Environment Business Week, Editor Pattrick Smellie assesses how the big players in the NZ electricity sector battled through a turbulent 2009. More >>
37 Hours in Fez, Morocco
Monday, 29 June 2009, 4:04 pm | Patrick Smellie
3.30 a.m. - Fez railway station, eight hours later than planned, by train from Tangier. The ferry from Alegiciras put us in Morocco too late to catch the 5.18 express to Fez, which left bang on time with its nice, cheap first-class carriages. We had to ... More >>
Public Support For Anti-Smacking Law – New Polling
Monday, 17 November 2008, 9:39 am | Patrick Smellie
New Zealanders strongly support the “anti-smacking” law changes by a margin of almost 2:1 over those who strongly oppose them, according to pollsters UMR Research. More >>
Cullen's Last Budget Could Be Key's First
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 2:59 pm | Patrick Smellie
Michael Cullen’s last Budget has delivered something very like John Key’s first, argues Pattrick Smellie More >>