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May 22, 2012

Employers lukewarm on KiwiSaver auto-enrolment

Poor KiwiSaver – there’s no end in sight to its days as a political football. The government is considering introducing automatic enrolment for employees who have not changed jobs since it launched in 2007, with the IRD and Treasury to advise on how that might work.. But business groups are tired of the “constant fiddling with KiwiSaver” by politicians.

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Report reveals gaps between public perception of 'green' brands and reality

Toyota has taken out the top spot in Interbrand’s Best Global Green Brands 2011 report, which ranks the top 50 “green” brands with a global presence. But some of the very brands that ranked highly in environmental sustainability performance lagged behind when it came to public perception of their performance, suggesting many companies have a long way to go when it comes to communicating their corporate social responsibility efforts.

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Kiwis make strides in fight against cancer

Kiwi scientists are making big strides in the field of cancer medicine, revealing two new drug advances yesterday which could reduce the side effects of traditional treatments. Teams from the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (ACSRC) and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiversity, based at the University of Auckland, have designed new methods of selectively targeting cancerous cells.

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Behind the ‘dumb IE users’ hoax

Why would anybody go to the effort of releasing a fake study that supposedly proves IE users have lower IQs than those of us who favour Firefox, Safari and Chrome? A frustrated web developer, apparently, who has stepped up and claimed responsibility for the hoax.

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Innovation of the day: The ballpoint pen

Newspaper editor Laszlo Bio was frustrated by the amount of time he whittled away filling up fountain pens, cleaning up messes left by fountain pens, and the rips in pages torn by fountain pens. Today, the ballpoint pen makes for a much less fraught office environment.

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DDP in association with Idealog

Dynamic Digital Publishing [DDP] is redefining the way documents are viewed both off and online. They have just upgraded their popular online document [ebook] solution with full “QR code” support. This allows your customers to scan a code from printed material on a compatible phone and instantly be taken to the animated, dynamic online counterpart document. Click here for more. 

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