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MDA provider appoints lawyer to senior role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... tier Australian law firms. She started in her new role on June 5, and previously held senior positions at law firms K&L Gates (Middletons) and Baker & McKenzie. "Jillian has worked as a corporate lawyer for over 15 years and she has a deep knowledge ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... the pointers were pretty positive, and that's always going to be the pipe-opener for how we're going to jump out of the gates," Mr Heffernan said. He said the local market may gain more impetus if February retail sales figures, to be released later on ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Rinehart could become the world's richest person. However, there is plenty of ground to make up, with Microsoft founder Bill Gates soaring back to the top spot after a four-year break with a net worth of $A85.4 billion. Gates displaced Mexican telecommunications ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... announcement on a new chief executive and a handful of corporate results bested expectations. Microsoft said founder Bill Gates was stepping down as chairman to become a technology adviser and Satya Nadella, head of its cloud-computing division, would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... The computing giant's shares soared 7.3 per cent to $34.75 on Friday as Ballmer, who succeeded Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2000, said the company would search for a new leader who can take charge of its "transformation to a devices and services ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... The largest proportion of Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares - worth around US$2 billion - will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of Berkshire, also gave 1.75 million shares to his own foundation ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... 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 and his ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... 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, lies in third place ...

Successful Telstra bond issue to open flood gates for big banks

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
The success of Telstra's $750 million bond issue could pave the way for further issues from Australia's largest companies, according to Lincoln Indictors' Elio D'Amato. The five-year coupons, the first from the company since 2005, were sold to the market ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... Foundation. The ILO's Microinsurance Innovation Facility was launched in 2008 with the support of a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "Since 2008, we have seen numerous innovations emerging to overcome the challenges of providing viable ...