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Nov 9, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Victoria Carter |Victoria Young |Tamara Poi-Ngawhika

By James R. Hagerty As a prisoner in Nazi death camps during World War II, Lily Engelman vowed that – if she survived – she would one day bear witness to the systematic slaughter of Jews.After the war, she emigrated from Hungary to Israel, where she found sewing work in a mattress factory. She married another Hungarian-speaking Jew, Shmuel Ebert, who had fled Europe before the war. Despite her vow, however, she found herself rarely even mentioning the Holocaust.

Aug 1, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Tamara Poi-Ngawhika

By Kat WongA former PwC chief executive who was linked to the consulting firm's tax leak scandal will be dragged under the spotlight in Canberra this afternoon for the first time.Tom Seymour, who headed PwC in Australia from 2020 to 2023, will appear at a Senate inquiry into ethics and professional accountability.The probe was launched after revelations emerged in January 2023 that PwC's partners had passed on confidential Treasury information to boost private sector business for the...

Jun 27, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Tamara Poi-Ngawhika |Ian Llewellyn

By Lisa WardCertain words that many companies use in their annual reports – words like ethical, integrity and responsibility – are meant to convey trustworthiness.But new research suggests that firms that use such words in their annual filings, known as 10-Ks required by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), are associated with a variety of negative outcomes.Use of the words in annual statements, for instance, was correlated with a decreased interest in the stock of the company in...

May 3, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | Victoria Carter |Victoria Young |Tamara Poi-Ngawhika |Ella Somers

Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Pattrick Smellie, co-founder of BusinessDesk.I was really disappointed when: I realised I didn’t want to be a journalist any more. I fell into a bit of a depressive hole in about 2000. I realised I couldn’t write for Time magazine. I was freelancing, I was the NZ Pacific correspondent for Time, and I just couldn’t get their style; usually, I can suss what’s required.

Mar 17, 2024 | businessdesk.co.nz | John Anthony |Brent Melville |Greg Hurrell |Tamara Poi-Ngawhika

A new partnership between Netsafe and an international fraud recovery service is offering New Zealand scam victims fresh hope of getting some of their money back.Since March 1, scam victims who contact Netsafe to report they have lost money and been unable to recover the funds have been given the option of employing the services of international non-profit Cybera to help them retrieve the money.Netsafe chief online safety officer Sean Lyons said Cybera used its expertise in technology,...