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A week's walk on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... disappointed earnings/profit expectations. Friday: S&P 500 up 0.9%. No major eco stat or survey out. Just a few big-named - Microsoft, Capital One, Google, Kimberly-Clark, Honeywell - and not so big-named - Chipotle Mexican Grill, Sun Trust Banks - companies ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... means they don't have to get up in the morning to go to work". The Forrests are replicating US billionaires such as Microsoft founder Bill gates and investor Warren Buffett, who have signed a pledge to give away much of their wealth. Business Roger Massey-Green ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... winners were General Electric (+2.2 per cent), Intel (+2.4 per cent), Merck (+2.9 per cent), Pfizer (+2.8 per cent) and Microsoft (+2.3 per cent). Top Nasdaq companies also scored. Apple was up 2 per cent and Google 1.6 per cent, while added 3.3 per ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... Industrial Average shook off early weakness and pressed through to another record close, led by strong gains in tech shares Microsoft and Intel. The Dow rose 59.98 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 14,673.46 points.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... shook off early weakness on Tuesday and pressed through to another record close, led by strong gains in tech shares Microsoft and Intel. The Dow rose 59.98 points (0.41 per cent) to 14,673.46. The broad-based S&P 500 jumped 5.54 (0.35 per cent) to 1,568.61 ...

IRESS launches XPLANtouch app

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... XPLANtouch is an extension of the XPLAN advice platform and is available on all tablets including iPad, Android and Microsoft. The tablet application is available with the release of version 2.7 of XPLAN, IRESS announced today. "The app allows advisers ...

Magellan wins $3bn milestone mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... that around 13 or 14 per cent of Magellan's portfolio is in the card credit business and that it recently introduced Microsoft, which adds to Google and Ebay. The group has witnessed the growth of Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF) looking to diversify ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... Mexican telecoms multi-billionaire Carlos Slim topped the list with an estimated fortune of $73 billion, followed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates on $67 billion. Spanish entrepreneur Amancio Ortega, who owns the company behind fashion retailer Zara ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... Women. Justin Milne has extensive experience building and running successful digital businesses. He has been CEO of the Microsoft Network, of OzEmail and was Group Managing Director at Telstra, running BigPond and Telstra Media. Milne has been responsible ...

UK becoming OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012