At toy retailer Funtastic’s AGM today, CEO Stewart Downs had good news for shareholders – the promise of the first dividend in five year…
At toy retailer Funtastic’s AGM today, CEO Stewart Downs had good news for shareholders – the promise of the first dividend in five year…
Retail analysts say the latest takeover offer for Billabong from one of the surfwear retailer’s own executives is unlikely to be accepted by…
When Fairfax sold 15% of its stake in profitable New Zealand classifieds site Trade Me in June, reducing its share to 51%, Microsoft e…
Nathan Tinkler is now clearly so desperate for cash that every asset he owns has a “for sale” sign stuck on it. But flogging off his cha…
Managing 5,500 employees on multiple continents would be difficult enough for even those who have few commitments back home. So how do you d…
It was a story so compelling that even Hollywood couldn’t resist it. The rise and fall of Kozmo.com in many ways epitomised the dot-com bo…
There has been much written about the parlous state of Network Ten’s financial performance this year, and most of it comes hot on the heel…
It’s been called gigonomics. As more and more people take “the package” and set up as consultants, they don’t have jobs anymor…
If you always suspected your workers are spending time on the internet when you aren’t looking, now you have your proof. Workers are incre…
There was a time not so long ago when the Sony brand was synonymous with “cool” its products coveted as much as the latest iPhone. Today…
Family companies love to appoint insiders to key positions, and the Pratt family company, Visy Industries, is no different. Visy’s chief o…
John Cage once said: “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” This notion kind o…
