In Business | Author Katie Foley

Unheard of (Comments Off)

6/09/11 •

There’s a lot to be said for being unseen, unknown and unheard of when you’re a private investigator, but sometimes it’s just not that great for business. Julia Hartley Moore’s high profile work has led to success investigating extortion, money laundering, kidnapping, fraud and infidelity.

NZ enters the house of BRICS (Comments Off)

6/09/11 •

It’s been a decade since the popularisation of the term ‘BRIC’ to describe those that will hold the balance of economic power in the latter part of the 21st Century: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Katie Foley looks at New Zealand’s trade strategy with BRIC nations and what coming decades could look like with our first BRIC trading partner, China, and our likely second, Russia.

Introducing Better (Comments Off)

6/09/11 •

IN-Business editor Katie Foley introduces our new “Better” section

Flying eye on China (Comments Off)

2/22/11 •

Experts have speculated that China will overtake the US in private plane ownership in little over a decade. From Shanghai, Katie Foley spoke to key industry insiders in mainland China, Hong Kong and New Zealand about the aviation opportunities presented by the rising dragon.

Crossing the line (Comments Off)

2/22/11 •

The Chinese media industry is grappling with the conflict between government supervision and fierce competition for market share. Katie Foley’s letter from Shanghai.

The Creative Divide (Comments Off)

7/06/10 •

Is a creative business model an oxymoron? Can accountants, bankers and lawyers reveal their deepest selves and stay profitable? And what, if anything, has the business world to learn from the world of art?

Inner City Vision (Comments Off)

5/17/10 •

“What is a city, but the people,” Shakespeare wrote. Businessman Sir Robert Jones wants
to reclaim Lambton Quay – the heart of Wellington – for pedestrians. Auckland says it’s already doing it in Queen Street.

Winning State of Mind (Comments Off)

5/02/10 •

The winds of change are buffeting the beehive. Opportunities for companies that had put doing business with the New Zealand government in the ‘too-hard basket’ are emerging through a programme of procurement reform. Katie Foley looks at the issues as in-business begins a series on “doing business with government”.