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Xero taps ex-Microsoft CFO Liddell as chairman, former PayPal exec Karpas to lead US unit
Feb. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Xero, the cloud-based accounting software developer, has appointed former Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell as its new chairman and ex-PayPal executive Peter Karpas to lead its North American unit. The Wellington-based company’s appointme...
Calls for TPP transparency are code for destroying it, says Groser
By Pattrick Smellie Feb. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Campaigners against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations want the negotiating texts made public to help ensure the process fails, says Trade Minister Tim Groser. “Those people who are opposed to the agreement want access...
Stars align for NZ foresters as ‘wall of wood’ comes on stream, prices reach record highs
By Tina Morrison Feb. 12 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand forest growers, long overshadowed by booming returns from the dairy industry, look set to cash in on record prices for logs as they prepare to harvest trees planted in a flurry of activity two decades ago. Forestry plantat...