Asian Passion: Business This Week 1 (Net Results – Communications): Booming m-commerce facing major challenges – Despite the hype and positive predictions, lack of standards and regional differences threaten the development of mobile commerce
Users of mobiles and handheld devices such as the Palm are growing exponentially and are expected to outnumber PC users by 2003. Merrill Lynch is predicting m-commerce will grow to a dollars 208 billion (E 238 billion) industry by the middle of the decade. By 2004, more than 150 million people are expected to use mobiles or personal digital assistants (PDAs) for online banking and other financial transactions. And according to an industry expert, the Asian passion for mobiles is so intense that…
Asian Passion: SAUCE
Nice result for catering icon Highly respected catering company Just Nous has been sold to the Nicest Results Group and will continue to operate with business as usual.The new owners are chefs Vivian Buck and Luke Benbow, the latter a 31yearold cook who did his training in the Navy before going on to become Prime Minister John Howard’s personal chef.“Mate, the reason we bought it is because we believe it’s the best small catering company in the…
Asian Passion: Get in the spirits
Use this expert advice to get ready for your own holiday party By Jenni Simcoe The Desert Sun It seems like every time you turn around there’s another party invitation in the mail.But is it your turn to throw the party? If so, you need to be prepared with holiday drinks and a fully stocked bar.We turned to two professionals, Jorge Delgadillo and Paul Rzepecki, for advice Delgadillo, bartender at Roppongi in Palm Springs, provided a couple of holiday drink…
Asian Passion: THEATER’S COLLAPSE HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT
The story of Music Theatre of Oregon’s collapse continues with a plea, an offer, an update and a tip. The year-old company shut down last Friday with a $750,000 debt, leaving more than 5,000 subscribers in the lurch.*The plea comes from The Musical Company, a similarly named but entirely different theater, which is definitely not going out of business. Worried subscribers have been keeping The Musical Company’s phone lines jumping, and general manager Jutta Allen…
Asian Passion: buylines
CHEMICAL engineering and cooking have more in common than you’d think. Just ask Nico Moretti, who swapped careers to follow his dream. He runs Cooking Passions in Leederville.How did you make the change from chemical engineering to running cooking classes?I grew up in London, Ontario, in Canada and my father had the first Italian restaurant there, so I just grew up with food. When I graduated in chemical engineering from university I wanted to travel and came to Australia…