Business

Booming gaming sector still struggling for talent
Services

Booming gaming sector still struggling for talent

The local gaming industry has adapted to life under covid-19 restrictions but its biggest problem, attracting skilled developers and game designers, will stay on the other side of the shutdown, game developers say.There are also a growing number of developers who argue the sector...

Brent Melville 26 Apr 2020
DAVID COHEN: Foundering media pin hopes, mastheads on Faafoi’s second try
Opinion

David Cohen: DAVID COHEN: Foundering media pin hopes, mastheads on Faafoi’s second try

The government has listened to the media talking and says it is dismayed. The media have now listened to the government’s response and probably aren’t feeling too chipper themselves. Indeed, that wailing you hear breaking the night air this weekend may not be police sirens but...

David Cohen 25 Apr 2020
JENNY RUTH: Will covid-19 sound death knell for movie theatres?
Services

JENNY RUTH: Will covid-19 sound death knell for movie theatres?

Movie theatres are dead! That's the umpteenth time in recent memory the industry's death knell has been sounded, this time because of the coronavirus crisis, which has forced the closure of cinemas around the world. The chief analyst at US-based research firm RiskHedge, Stephe...

Jenny Ruth 25 Apr 2020
BRIAN GAYNOR: Why oil prices fell below zero
Economy

Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Why oil prices fell below zero

Negative oil prices early this week attracted substantial media commentary. How could this happen, and does it tell us anything about the global economy at present?

Brian Gaynor 24 Apr 2020