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PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... couple of paths available for kids like me, growing up in western Brisbane: taking on an apprenticeship or joining the military," he explains. Ripoll opted to join the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft electrician when he was 16 years old. He ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... lower after falls on Wall Street as Eastern Europe tensions escalate with Russian troops seizing Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea. At 0645 AEDT on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was down 25 points at 5,323. In ...

Pickle wrapped in a bind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... community "will not recognize the results of a poll administered under threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian military intervention" following the vote. Bloomberg reports that, "U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague called the vote "illegal ...

Ray King added to Ashington super fund court case

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... 2011. Ashington founder Craig Anderson, through his company Mapeline, is suing super funds Sunsuper, LUCRF, HESTA and Military Super over the alleged breach of an agreement. Anderson has claimed as part of Ashington's retirement as manager of two property ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... troops back to their barracks, clarified that Russia has intention to annex Crimea and explained that the "use of the military" to defend ethnic Russians in Ukraine is "an extreme case". Just forget what he said only the day before that Russia's military ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... whether the local market reacts further to the situation in Ukraine would depend on what happened next. Mr Spooner said military engagement, the Russians moving west from Crimea or any threats to gas supplies could affect global markets. Locally, the ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Putin just give the G7 a two-handed one finger salute? This is if latest reports are true that Russia has given Ukraine's military forces in Crimea to surrender or face an all out assault, For this comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating that ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... KGB operative also thumbed his nose at NATO's Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen's call for Russia to halt its "military activities and its threats" because "violates the principles of the UN charter. It threatens peace and security in Europe". ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... refused to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military pensions. The bill then passed the Democrat controlled Senate 67 to 31 despite efforts by the Tea Party aligned GOP Senator ...

3D mutual fund launched in US

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... printing is expected to become an integral part of future manufacturing processes used in the automotive, aerospace, military/defence, dental, medical, bioprinting, fashion, footwear, jewelry, eyewear, education, geographic information systems and food ...