Thursday, March 17, 2011
Social Media NZ
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Herne Bay, 1011
Auckland
New Zealand
info@commonroom.co.nz
@commonrm
I like these guys...To connect with consumers, you need to understand them, so we like to break out of the agency bubble and spend time in the real world.
Monday, November 8, 2010
ASB Showgrounds hosts male lifestyle event this November
BIG BOYS TOYS
11/15/2010 - 11/15/2010
Venue: ASB Showgrounds, Auckland, New Zealand
Categories: Automobiles, Automotive Parts, Shipping, Shipbuilding, Port Equipment, Sports
Big Boys Toys is Australasia's largest and only complete male lifestyle event, with over ten years of bringing the 'best-of-the-best' products and services to you. See, try and buy the leading brands you love, and uncover your new favourites. Plus more jaw-dropping action that will blow your mind!
11/15/2010 - 11/15/2010 Venue: ASB Showgrounds, Auckland, New Zealand
Categories: Automobiles, Automotive Parts, Shipping, Shipbuilding, Port Equipment, Sports
Big Boys Toys is Australasia's largest and only complete male lifestyle event, with over ten years of bringing the 'best-of-the-best' products and services to you. See, try and buy the leading brands you love, and uncover your new favourites. Plus more jaw-dropping action that will blow your mind!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Cleverscope exhibits at Electronica Munich 2010
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
Tech News - Google and its tax dodge
Google, the internet giant which makes profits at a rate of US$1 million ($1.4 million) every hour, is shielding billions of dollars from tax across the world by using complex financial structures known as "the Double Irish" and "the Dutch Sandwich".
The tax-avoidance measures were revealed yesterday, forcing the search engine pioneer once again to defend itself in the light of its corporate motto: "Don't be evil."
The company is pushing the bulk of its non-US business revenues through an Irish subsidiary, and then on to the Caribbean tax haven of Bermuda - a structure that tax experts say is legal and common among multinational corporations.
Tax planners at accounting firms routinely advise companies to set up a web of subsidiaries to take advantage of contradictory and arcane tax rules and tax rates in different jurisdictions, and money flows between them by way of inter-company licensing fees and contracts for services.
The Obama Administration has promised to crack down on some of the practices, but has made little headway in Congress.
A practice known in the industry as the Double Irish involves setting up two companies in Ireland, one of which is only a shell with operations in low or no-tax jurisdictions in the Caribbean, which shields it from tax even from the Irish Government.
A Dutch Sandwich involves setting up a middle company in the Netherlands, with which Ireland has favourable tax agreements. Revelations that both structures are used by Google prompted critical commentary on social networks yesterday.
The company said in a statement: "Google's practices are very similar to those at countless other global companies operating across a wide range of industries, such as technology, pharmaceuticals and retail. Google complies completely with the tax laws of all the countries in which we have operations."
Last week, Google reported net income of US$2.2 billion for the third quarter . It reported an average global tax rate of 20 per cent, but with the US corporate income tax rate set at 35 per cent, the figure masked a dramatically lower rate on its overseas operations.
According to Bloomberg, Google's overseas tax rate has averaged just 2.4 per cent over the past three years, saving it US$3.1 billion in taxes.
The Dutch central bank is among those upset with the Dutch Sandwich, noting that more than 13,000 entities have been "established by foreign multinational corporations for the purpose of channelling financial assets from one country to another".
The tax-avoidance measures were revealed yesterday, forcing the search engine pioneer once again to defend itself in the light of its corporate motto: "Don't be evil."
The company is pushing the bulk of its non-US business revenues through an Irish subsidiary, and then on to the Caribbean tax haven of Bermuda - a structure that tax experts say is legal and common among multinational corporations.
Tax planners at accounting firms routinely advise companies to set up a web of subsidiaries to take advantage of contradictory and arcane tax rules and tax rates in different jurisdictions, and money flows between them by way of inter-company licensing fees and contracts for services.
The Obama Administration has promised to crack down on some of the practices, but has made little headway in Congress.
A practice known in the industry as the Double Irish involves setting up two companies in Ireland, one of which is only a shell with operations in low or no-tax jurisdictions in the Caribbean, which shields it from tax even from the Irish Government.
The company said in a statement: "Google's practices are very similar to those at countless other global companies operating across a wide range of industries, such as technology, pharmaceuticals and retail. Google complies completely with the tax laws of all the countries in which we have operations."
Last week, Google reported net income of US$2.2 billion for the third quarter . It reported an average global tax rate of 20 per cent, but with the US corporate income tax rate set at 35 per cent, the figure masked a dramatically lower rate on its overseas operations.
According to Bloomberg, Google's overseas tax rate has averaged just 2.4 per cent over the past three years, saving it US$3.1 billion in taxes.
The Dutch central bank is among those upset with the Dutch Sandwich, noting that more than 13,000 entities have been "established by foreign multinational corporations for the purpose of channelling financial assets from one country to another".
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tech News - Global
- AOL is talking to private equity groups about a reverse merger with Yahoo.
- Yahoo has hired Goldman Sachs to handle the takeover offers.
- Apple is the third largest PC vendor in the world now. While the overall PC market grew 11%, Apple grew 24%.
- Yahoo search boss blames Google's growth in search last month on bad comScore data based on Google Instant.
- 3-D TV sales are coming in weaker than expectedso far.
- Twitter has filed no patents, unusual for a large tech company.
- Microsoft's best selling Windows Phone 7 app is a fart app.
- T-Mobile appears set to slow down mobile users data speeds when they go over 5 GB of data.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Zephyr Technology - Kiwi Tech companies to watch.
Kiwi Tech companies to watch...
Zephyr Technology delivers remote Physiological Status Monitoring (PSM) solutions for personal or team use.
It is more than simple heart rate monitoring. Zephyr's PSM combines heart rate monitoring with respiration, activity level, temperature and posture measurements
Zephyr in the News
| Date | News Site | Headline |
| 30 Aug 2010 |  | Zephyr CEO Interviewed on Fox Business |
| 14 June 2010 |  | Zephyr Technology Validates PSM Defense With US Special Operations Forces |
| 1 June 2010 |  | Running Digital Reviews Zephyr's HxM Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor |
| 25 Mar 2010 |  | Remote Vital Sign Monitoring Revolutionized |
| 19 Jun 2009 |  | Motorola Invests in Zephyr Technology |
| 6 Oct 2008 |  | Athlete Performance and Fatigue Monitoring Goes to a New Level: Zephyr™ Team System |
| 22 Sep 2008 |  | Combining Advanced Medical and Information Technologies Offers Pathway to Lower Health Care Costs, Especially for Chronic Illness Says International Panel |
| 22 Sep 2008 |  | Combining Advanced Medical and Information Technologies Offers Pathway to Lower Health Care Costs, Especially for Chronic Illness Says International Panel |
| 11 Sep 2008 |  | Next Technology: The BioHarness™ Team System |
| 19 Aug 2008 |  | Marathoner Taking Unusual Steps to Fight Rare Disease |
| 13 Aug 2008 |  | Marathons Raise Awareness for Ataxia-Telangiectasia - 63 Marathons in 63 Days for Children with Incurable Diseases |
| 3 Aug 2008 |  | Sensor-Enabled Shoe to Aid Diabetic Patients |
| 30 Jul 2008 |  | Technology will Improve Life for Diabetics |
| 28 Jul 2008 |  | Smart Shoe-Insole Step in the Right Direction |
| 14 Jul 2008 |  | Smart Fabrics Feed Back Bio-Information |
| 20 Mar 2008 |  | New Zealand : Smart Fabrics for American Soldiers |
| 20 Mar 2008 |  | Zephyr's Smart Fabrics |
| 18 Mar 2008 |  | Zephyr's Smart Fabrics to Gauge Physiological Data |
| 17 Mar 2008 |  | Smart Fabrics to Take the Pulse |
| 15 Mar 2008 |  | New Zealand IT Makes Big Splash at CEBIT 2007 |
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