Don't rely on the CNN piece, they have paraphrased the bugger out of the original report. [ http://www.doingbusiness.org ]
For instance there there significant differences between the US and NZ on labour issues, within the report US is rated 1, NZ - 14.
Whereas CNN says:
"As in the U.S. and Hong Kong, hiring and firing is relatively easy to do in New Zealand, with no mandated penalties, notice or severance payments for fired workers"
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Don't rely on the CNN piece, they have paraphrased the bugger out of the original report. [ http://www.doingbusiness.org ]
For instance there there significant differences between the US and NZ on labour issues, within the report US is rated 1, NZ - 14.
Whereas CNN says:
"As in the U.S. and Hong Kong, hiring and firing is relatively easy to do in New Zealand, with no mandated penalties, notice or severance payments for fired workers"
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