The $2-billion online travel market is the latest to be hit by cybersquatters. Vendors, essentially cybersquatters, are using brand names of popular travel portals as their domain names and also in their content to generate traffic-sometimes by even hoodwinking the consumer.
So, don’t be surprised if next time you ‘google’ the name of a travel portal [...]
She’s the woman behind New Zealand’s most iconic fashion label, but Elisabeth Findlay doesn’t let the hype go to her head.
With her red lipstick, jet black hair and trademark black outfit, she looks every bit the fashionista who, along with husband Neville, created Zambesi.
After 29 years designing clothes for Kiwi men and women, the Parnell [...]
When even the experts can’t agree on what the future holds, the planning process – usually involving an annual budget, cash flow forecast, marketing plan and business plan – can baffle even the most experienced business owner.
Business owners must find a way to plan their way past potential threats in the form of interest rates, [...]
Republicanism in this country is the aloofness of the Supreme Court from the political departments and its superior respectability compared to the accommodating availability of the President of the Philippines and Congress to the importunate electorate and their dependence on its capricious goodwill.
I had a colleague on the Court who during the more than eight [...]
Israel staged its 60th birthday bash with fireworks, air force flyovers and a great sense of pride Thursday, but also with uncertainty about its future and doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.
Across the country, Israelis held barbecues in backyards and public parks, and were entertained by parachute jumps and a Bible quiz.
Israel at [...]
Evolution has run riot on Yemen’s windy isles of Socotra, whose dizzying cliffs, jagged peaks and exotic plants entice the imagination to do the same.
Here be dragons, or at least Dragon’s Blood trees, prized for their red medicinal sap. Fearsome gales blow beaches up hillsides. People speak an obscure language older than Arabic.
The ancients cherished [...]
Scott Piechocinski roamed the rows of a CarMax dealership in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent afternoon, searching for something small to replace his son’s 2001 Nissan Pathfinder sport/utility vehicle.
He’s not alone: As gas prices marched higher and now top $3.50 per gallon across the nation, car buyers across the country increasingly are abandoning SUVs and [...]
Using data from a survey of nearly 2300 Americans, researchers at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut found that 5 per cent of men and 10 per cent of women said they had faced discrimination because of their weight %26amp;#150; ranging from job refusals to rude treatment in everyday life.
Among respondents who were severely obese %26amp;#150; [...]
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When shopping for upholstered goods, as well as other soft items such as mattresses and pillows, look for pieces that use natural alternatives to the chemically based foams frequently found in these items. Choose items that incorporate foams that use plant oils such as soy, aloe and castor instead of petroleum-based ones.
And [...]
A sleep survey of almost 8000 American, English, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi babies aged up to three years revealed young New Zealanders slept best.
They woke less during the night than the international average and were less likely to sleep in their parents room.
They also got to bed earlier, slept longer and were easier to settle [...]
