Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Apr 10 -  Remember last year's wave of tech support scams, where you received calls from a foreign sounding "technician" asking for access to your Windows computer as well as your credit card details?

They have been replaced this year by the robocall, a less intrusive scam that simply places a call to your landline or mobile, often from an exotic calling code like Cuba (+53) or Tunisia (+216). When you pick up there is usually silence at the other end.

Out of curiosity or fear of missing an important call, some of us call back the number, unwittingly connecting to a premium call number that charges an inflated rate for the short time we are on the phone listening to more silence before we hang up.

It is like the spam email epidemic of ten to 15 years ago, before mail scanning software became smart enough to filter out the vast majority of it.

The United States is the prime target for these robocalls - nearly 100 million of them are made to US phone numbers every day according to the Federal Communications Commission. Some of the calls also play recorded messages advertising bogus financial advice services or claiming recipients have outstanding debts to pay.

Continue here to Peter Griffin's full article on RadioNZ |  ||  April 10, 2018   |||

Apr 09, 2018  -  The world invested in Britain as a gateway to Europe. This, rather than the Anglosphere fantasies of the Brexiteers, is what Global Britain really means today.  Late last year, Groupe Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French operator of the Channel Tunnel, announced a Brexit rebrand. It would now be called Getlink, a corporate identity that, by yoking together two words of suitably Middle English origin, would advertise its Anglo-Saxon credentials. Brute business realities dictated the shift to an English idiom.

Apr 09 -  The Council of Trade Unions says that a debate on our approach to trade and investment policy is welcome and overdue.

Apr 09 - Air New Zealand has once again been recognised for its outstanding product and service in the second annual 2018 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice™ Awards, with significant wins across multiple categories.

Air New Zealand will launch two new routes across the Tasman from December this year and add an extra 15% seat capacity across all its Tasman services year on year.

Leading food company Alliance Group has dispatched its first major shipment of product in vacuum skin tray packaging to Hong Kong following a successful trial.

Australian and New Zealand based printer Hally Labels has moved into a new purpose built site in Sydney, with the company all set to launch its Hally Express service.

Apr 09 - Infratil-owned NZ Bus will displace four other operators after a successful bid for new contracts in Bay of Plenty worth an annual $14.8 million, having lost ground in its mainstay markets of Auckland and Wellington