Ale & hearty
By Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3808 1st May 2013
Craft beer’s cup runneth over, but there’s trouble brewing in some bars and boardrooms.
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Pioneer's pressure
By Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3808 27th Apr 2013
The big two tried to kill Mac’s beer, but only made it stronger.
Bitter Harvest
By Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3804 30th Mar 2013
The crisis in the wine industry has hit the engine room of Marlborough the hardest, allowing the big often-overseas-owned players to dominate the market.
Hot air and Solid Energy: Don Elder and co at the select committee
2 CommentsBy Jane Clifton in Business
Issue Listener Plus 15th Mar 2013
Even as more emerges about the various strands that fed this disaster, the Government cannot escape culpability.
Sheryl Sandberg: The ambitious woman
By Ruth Laugesen in Business
Issue 3802 14th Mar 2013
According to a top Facebook executive, women can have it all – a successful career and a rich family life – by overcoming some cultural conditioning.
The trophy director
By Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue 3801 12th Mar 2013
When former MPs accept an offer of a seat on a company board, the results can be disastrous.
Solid Energy and the last men standing
By Karl du Fresne in Business
Issue Listener Plus 11th Mar 2013
As pressure mounts on Don Elder to front before MPs, the role of ex-MPs on boards is under scrutiny.
Dick Smith: Whiz of Oz
By Ruth Laugesen in Business
Issue 3799 21st Feb 2013
Electronics millionaire Dick Smith has found a new role as a critic of “extreme” capitalism and a crusader for Australian farmers. And he doesn’t like our beetroot.
Interview: Simon Power
By Guyon Espiner in Business
Issue 3796 4th Feb 2013
More than a year after quitting politics, Simon Power is in the banking business and is keen to see corporate New Zealand contributing to “thought leadership” debates.
The art of the pitch
By Ruth Laugesen in Business
Issue 3795 29th Jan 2013
In today’s world we’re all flogging something as the internet rewrites the sales manual.