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businessinbrief Big business in bite sized snippets Bizarre business phobias According to a 2007 German study, work-related phobia is a pervasive anxiety disorder. One in two workers on long-term sick leave shows symptoms of work-related jitters, the study said. Deal-breaker: 10 crippling phobias 1. Arithmophobia – fear of numbers. 2. Atychiphobia – fear of failure. 3. Cathisophobia – fear of sitting. 4. Chrematophobia – fear of money. 5. Cyberphobia – fear of computers. 6. Decidophobia – fear of making decisions. 7. Glossophobia – fear of public speaking. 8. Koinoniphobia – fear of rooms. 9. Papyrophobia – fear of paper. 10. Pinaciphobia – fear of lists. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Business challenge Video conferencing tech company FaceMe has won $100,000 and mentoring time with Richard Branson after winning of the BNZ Presents: The Virgin Business Challenge. The Challenge searched for a clever kiwi company that has passion and drive, creativity and innovation, and has demonstrated a desire, as well as the potential, to go global. The only female to be named a finalist in the competition was Melissa Clark-Reynolds and her company MiniMonos Ltd. Source: BNZ Tax ranking New Zealand's leading online tax refunds company, NZ Tax Refunds has ranked 30th on this year's Asia Pacific Deloitte Technology Fast 500, with 1401% growth. 37 New Zealand businesses were awarded at a ceremony in Hong Kong, with Christchurch-based NZ Tax Refunds ranking in the top three for New Zealand along with Powershop and 2degrees. Source: NZ Tax Refunds We love our ads A new television ratings survey makes happy reading for TV bosses, suggesting personal programme recorders such as MySky and MyFreeview have not changed New Zealanders' viewing habits. For the first time the Nielsen Television Audience survey incorporates a representative sample of homes that can "time- shift" their viewing. It suggests 95 per cent of all television is still watched live. And there's good news for TV advertisers - only about 50 per cent fast-forwarded through the ad breaks in recorded shows. Source: APN Award-winning Trifecta New Zealand's largest independent research institute has scored a trifecta with another of its young scientists winning a prestigious international award to pursue research on shellfish aquaculture at one of the world's leading shellfish research institutes in Spain. Dr Zoë Hilton is only the third New Zealander to have won a UNESCO – L'Oréal International Fellowship for Young Women in the Life Sciences. It is an amazing achievement for Cawthron, as the two other New Zealanders who have won the award previously, Allison Haywood and Jenny Smith, also worked at The Cawthron Institute in the years they received their fellowships. Source: Cawthron Institute 12 | February/March 2012 | HER MAGAZINE Christine Clark Photography