Posted by julian on Feb 10, 2010 in
Company News
For the third time in our seventeen year history we recorded a profitable January. Business was strong into American Samoa and even though it was holiday time in New Zealand and Australia we saw a 20% jump in revenues over 2009. Graham Burford, our VP sales and marketing, has made two trips to Texas and [...]
Tags: American Samoa, Australia, CII, Graham Burford, Greg Melissinos, Kelly Osbourne, Maggie Martinez, New Zealand, Obama, Ozzie Osbourne, Peter Lamy
Posted by julian on Nov 26, 2009 in
Uncategorized
I am often asked why I am so narrow minded and short sighted in business. Some even add, “It is little wonder you never remarried!” I don’t need a therapist to tell me I am opinionated, hold some strong views and I should get a life starting with eradicating my tunnel vision. My entire working [...]
Tags: Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Peter Rose, south pacific
Posted by julian on Sep 10, 2009 in
Politics
The two cities of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne are so similar to Chicago and New York in so many ways. Until the RICO act took care of the last of the Mafia leadership, gangsters and the mafia worked hand in hand in making sure the underworld thrived. Apart from “Teflon” John Gotti, who created a [...]
Tags: Adma Tilley, Australia, Chicago, Giulianai, IRS, Melbourne, Mike McGurk, New York, NSW, RICO, Sydney
Posted by julian on Aug 19, 2009 in
Company News,
Export
It appears Australia has been one major nation least affected by this current recession. In the sixteen years we have been in business, exports to Australia has accounted for over 75% of our business activity. From the days fifteen years ago of not enough capacity creating extremely high rates to today where airlines are fighting [...]
Tags: Australia, Export, haka, New Zealand, Tony Feist