Turning business to gold
Banking newcomer Kiwibank has taken out the top prize at Wellington's Gold Awards, sharing the honour roll with, among others, comedy hit Flight of the Conchords and export success story Wedgelock.
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Unpacking privacy issues: the all knowing search engine
Picture yourself sitting in front of your PC. You're about to Google your long lost great-great-grandfather. Have you ever stopped to consider what Google does with your query – outside of just finding another genealogical megasite for you?
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Customer discounts: surely always a good thing?
Offering customers discounts and rebates is standard practice in many industries, and as a general rule straight discounts – where customers receive a discount to reflect the efficiencies associated with increasing volumes – do not raise competition law issues.
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Pending legislative changes
Significant changes are underway to New Zealand's tax regime. Some recent changes and proposed future changes to the Income Tax Act 2007 are briefly summarised in this update and apply to partnership tax rules, stapled-stock instruments, the controlled foreign companies regime and the associated persons regime.
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Consumer technology in the workplace
Traditionally, the term "tools of trade" was used to describe the hammers and screwdrivers that a tradesperson would need in a particular role.
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Bell Gully finalist nine times in 2008 Australasian legal awards
Bell Gully has been named as a finalist across eight categories in the 2008 ALB Australasian Law Awards.
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