Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Sydney - Recognizing the Strategic National Importance of Airports The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Deloitte have published guidance materials for governments considering public-private partnerships (PPP) and other forms of privatization programs for airport infrastructure.

Yamazaki Mazak has announced the completion of the first construction phase and the start of assembly operations at its new Inabe Plant, in Inabe city, in the Mie prefecture.

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. and Chinese officials have discussed specific American export items Beijing might buy as part of its pledge to narrow its trade surplus with the United States, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Sunday as the two sides began a new round of talks in Beijing aimed at settling a simmering trade dispute.

Christchurch-based BitPrime has signed a partnership with the NEM Foundation. BitPrime will be working with NEM Foundation Australia and New Zealand to provide a secure and compliant platform for New Zealand residents to buy and sell the XEM cryptocurrency with ease. BitPrime is trusted by over 9,000 Kiwis and is New Zealand owned and operated, The cryptocurrency retailer boasts over 50 Cryptocurrencies in their ecosystem.

Sir Ray Avery reckons we all start life with 30,000 days. By his calculation he has 4795 left so there is still a chance for him to leave a legacy from the whole country, he reckons

Union membership on the decline says Unite Union national secretary Gerard Hehir partly caused by those retiring not being replaced by young new members fast enough writes Anuja Nadkarni for Stuff.

The High Commissioner to Britain believes New Zealand will be better off overall as a result of Brexit, with a country that "needs some wins" eager to enter free trade negotiations, with little experience writes Hamish Rutherfordfor Stuff.

Moral issues overwhelm in remote Commonwealth nation

The overreaction in cleansing accommodation perceived as permanently contaminated by synthetic drug users compares with the equally noticeable under-reaction to the threat to the national economy of the arrival of the animal pathogen Mycoplasma bovis.

DB Breweries paid $30.5 million for Kapiti boutique beer maker Tuatara Brewing Co last year as the country's major liquor companies beef up their craft beer credibility to reach consumers with a taste for high-end brews

Waste Management NZ, the nation's biggest such company, says there isn't a quick fix for the impact of Chinese restrictions on waste imports after the government announced a task force to respond to a move that operators say has sucked the profits out of . . .