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:business in brief BUSINESS IN BRIEF Big Business in bite sized snippets Final flight Trailblazing First American Woman in Space Sally Ride died peacefully on July 23rd, 2012 after a courageous 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Sally's historic flight into space captured the nation's imagination and made her a household name. She became a symbol of the ability of women to break barriers and a hero to generations of adventurous young girls. After retiring from NASA, Sally used her high profile to champion a cause she believed in passionately— inspiring young people, especially girls, to stick with their interest in science, to become scientifically literate, and to consider pursuing careers in science and engineering. Source: www.sallyridescience.com Cyber bully Internet's positive connection A study by Wellington consultancy Infometrics has found the internet had boosted economic activity in developed countries, such as New Zealand, by between 5 and 9 percent. Drawbacks of the internet included undermining GST collection as more shoppers bought from overseas websites, internet crime and the undermining on intellectual property. But these were not enough to drown out the positives, the report said. Source: Fairfax NZ News New Zealand is ranked 4th in the world for cyber attacks. Last year they cost New Zealanders an estimated $625 million, with 50 percent of responding New Zealand companies experiencing high levels of cyber attack. Fourty percent of employees receive no cyber security training and the majority of our businesses say they have no cyber attack response plan in place. There has been a 2000 percent increase in cyber attacks over three years with more than 49 percent originating from the Asia Pacific region. Cyber crime was the 4th largest economic offence for companies worldwide in 2011. In the previous survey, just two years earlier, it was virtually non-existent. Source: Chartis Tradable traits If you're the kind of customer who lets their little darlings run wild in a store while swearing into your mobile phone then you're not the kind of customer Kiwi businesses appreciate, according to a recent survey. Commissioned by daily deal operator, GrabOne the survey found 96 percent of New Zealand business owners believe good manners are important and older generations are better than younger people at using them more frequently. Respondents ranked swearing (18%) as the most impolite trait from a selection in the survey, followed by letting children loose in stores (15%), not saying 'please' or 'thank you' (14%) and talking on mobile phones while being served (12%). Source: GrabOne 40 | www.hermagazine.co.nz Maori economy set to rise Science and innovation within the Maori business sector is set for a boost following the formation of a partnership between a major Maori body and a Crown research institute. The Federation of Maori Authorities (FoMA) has accepted an offer of support from the Industrial Research Institute (IRL) in an effort to grow what is estimated to be a $36 billion Maori economy. FoMA is the industry body of the Maori economic sector and represents over 150 authorities. Source: NZ Herald Sustainable practices As of March 2012, 186 employees have found full time employment in the community while participating in the Te Whangai (meaning 'to nurture') Programme. As of May 2012, Te Whangai has assisted over 240 people through their 26 week programmes and over 700 people on daily programmes during their five years of operation. Te Whangai is a registered charity; a social and environmental enterprise that assists long-term unemployed, youth and people at risk. The charity's main goal in establising a nursery was to assist at risk people by ongoing mentoring in a structured, safe work place providing life and work skills and education opportunities. Source: Te Whangai Trust