Is it OK to compliment co-workers on their appearance at work?
Source: ASSSOCIATED PRESS When Lisa Parker was new to corporate coaching, a senior-level colleague she respected brought her in as his No. 2 for a series of training seminars. Time and time again, he...
View ArticleTebara to meet deadline as three-month interim measure
But long-term want Telecom not Foneology as e-ticketing solution By RANOBA BAOA Tebara Transport Limited has agreed to install the e-ticketing consoles provided by Foneology but only on a three-month...
View ArticleQantas exec to lead Tiger (Business updates)
Sydney: Qantas executive Rob Sharp has been appointed to run Tiger Australia, the low-cost airline confirmed this morning. Tiger’s acting chief executive, Harry Holling, also the chief pilot, has been...
View ArticleNZ doubles net data (Business updates)
Wellington: Demand for internet data doubled in the year ending June 2012 and competition between telecommunications companies heated up over the 12-month period, the Commerce Commission said today....
View ArticleWestpac’s Visa card
Westpac Fiji general manager Adrian Hughes on his newly bought cycling machine purchased at Courts Samabula through the Westpac Classic Visa credit card. Photo: WESTPAC FIJI By ROSI DOVIVERATA Regular...
View ArticleWarwick boosts restructured team
From Left - Vivienne Valentine, Milika Taukei, Aina Hassan, Loata Vulaca By ROSI DOVIVERATA Warwick International Hotel (WIH) Group announced several new appointments in executive...
View ArticleAsian Economies: Navigating Shifting Risks While Sustaining Growth (ANALYSIS)
By ANOOP SINGH and YONGZHENG YANG (Anoop Singh is Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Asia & Pacific Department, and Yongzheng Yang is the Resident Representative of the IMF for Pacific...
View ArticleShip owners seek tangible incentives
By RANOBA BAOA The inter-island shipping operators are pleading with Government to offer tax incentives similar to that offered for the bus industry in Fiji. This was one of the highlights by ship...
View ArticleTokatoka launches big refurbishment works
Warwick Group’s regional business development manager Fiji Ung Beng Huat and Warwick Group’s Pacific regional general manager Lee Pearce during a press confernce at the Tokatoka Resort. Photo:SHEIK...
View ArticleFiji Govt signs up on ports overhaul
Source: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION Fiji has joined forces with a major global maritime logistics company to overhaul the operation of the country’s two biggest ports, Suva and Lautoka, and speed up the...
View ArticleChat app. takeover (Business updates)
London: Instant messaging on chat apps, such as WhatsApp, has overtaken the traditional SMS text message for the first time, according to research firm Informa. Informa said almost 19 billion messages...
View ArticleANZ hits high profit (Business updates)
Wellington: ANZ has reported a 10 per cent rise in first-half cash earnings to $3.18 billion and announced a forecast-busting dividend. The result was slightly ahead of analysts’ expectations of a...
View ArticleFijiCare introduce latest tech in report
By ROSI DOVIVERATA FijiCare Insurance Limited has released its annual report for 2012 and chairman. Philipp Thomas highlighted that they have now implemented a state-of-the-art IT system. “The new IT...
View ArticleFMF plans to revamp facilities
‘Once the due decisions are taken, that is the time when we will really make it public and announce it including informing our shareholders about it’ FMF Foods Limited Group chairman Hari Punja (third...
View ArticleSubmarine maker appoints Manoa
Ratu Manoa Rasigatale By ROSI DOVIVERATA Ratu Manoa Rasigatale has been appointed to the advisory board of the Melanesian Trading Company Ltd (TMTC). Ratu Manoa will act as the company’s cultural...
View ArticleNew cane varieties get ok, boost for farmers
The Lautoka Sugar Mill, the country’s biggest. Source: RNZI Two new sugarcane varieties are expected to be introduced to cane farmers. The Sugar Research Institute of Fiji has approved them after...
View ArticlePartnership with Sri Lankan experts to boost port operations in Suva and Lautoka
(from left) Commissioner Western Commander Joeli Cawaki, of Ports Terminal Limited, Aitken Spencer Marine Limited chairman and Aitken Spencer PLC director Parakrama Dissanayake, the Prime Minister...
View ArticleRa improves dalo production
Ra improves dalo exports. Photo: FILE By WAISEA NASOKIA The Ra province is working towards creating awareness in the tikinas to improve dalo production. Ra provincial administrator, Sitiveni Tavaga...
View ArticleRatu Inoke thanks Dave Pflieger
from left - Outgoing Air Pacific Limited managing director and chief executive officer Dave Pflieger and Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola. By ROSI DOVIVERATA The outgoing managing...
View ArticleAirline backs Wellness Clinic at Nadi
Air Pacific partners with Zens Medical Centre to improve air medical services. Photo: WAISEA NASOKIA By JYOTI PRATIBHA Air Pacific, soon to be ‘Fiji Airways’, and Zens Medical Centre in Nadi yesterday...
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