New Zealand Science Minister Mapp’s Sudden Disappearance from New Image’s Web Site
NZ Science Minister who praised New Image runs for cover...New Image spokesperson in a spin...New Image "stand by" colostrum quack cure testimonials but simultaneously repudiate them by taking them off their web site...New Image still flogging worthless fuel economy product Powerpill Fe-3 to Malaysia.
Business As Usual in New Zealand!
New Zealand’s Miracle Cure Peddler and “The Most Spectacular Fraud in Australian History”
New Zealand company New Image Group is the supplier of the bogus fuel economy product behind Australia's biggest stock fraud. And New Image is still selling it!
Further further reading
For the commute home, and to help you qualify the recovery,- David Wessel spots three storm clouds in the US recovery: oil, rich-country government policy, and emerging market slowdown....
Monetary policy in a time of natural disaster
Here’s a counter-intuitive policy suggestion, if ever there was one.On Tuesday, after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch, the swap market...
The Hobbit Bounce
Kiwi action, after New Zealand reached a deal to keep the filming of ‘The Hobbit’ local:Related link:Aussie slumps on soft inflation; kiwi outperforms – International...
Friday Tidbits
First up is that discount brokerage Charles Schwab, where we custody client assets, is making meaningful progress with regard to accessing foreign stocks. Very soon, possibly this month, Schwab will make foreign ordinary shares available through the we...
China & Investment Process
China has obviously been playing an increasingly larger role in the world economic order which has caused a lot of excitement about the country as an investment destination. The results from investing in China have ebbed and flowed of course with the g...
McDonald’s Joins Weight Watchers
Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Marketing and Advertising, McDonald's (MCD)
Yes, you read that title right. McDonald's (MCD) has just penned a deal with Weight Watchers (WTW) in New Zealand. The agreement will give McDonald's the right to associate the Weight Watchers...
Friday Roundup
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was on CNBC Asia Friday morning giving a lengthy and very candid interview. He talked about the run up in the kiwi dollar and how it would be helpful for it to correct some the other way. He spelled out specific opin...
A Little Followup From This Morning
As a follow on to this morning one reader noted that iShares Australia can be a proxy for New Zealand.I would disagree. The chart posted in one year but if you play around with other time periods I believe you will see what I see which is that EWA, whi...
Checking In On New Zealand
Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand Bill English popped in on Asian Squawk Box on Monday morning for a quick update on what is happening in his country. NZ tenuously emerged from recession in the second quarter but no one should be shocked if GDP prin...
New Zealand
It has been a while since posting anything about New Zealand as an investment destination. I used to write a lot more about the country. The economy is much different than that of the US except for maybe the deficits. NZ is a much simpler economy with ...
