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Surfstitch chairman to step down

Surf Stitch's Howard McDonald was the first chairman of the two-year old company.

Online sports retail group Surfstitch says chairman Howard McDonald will retire on August 1, continuing the recent management churn at the ...

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Surfstitch chairman to step down

Surf Stitch's Howard McDonald was the first chairman of the two-year old company.

Online sports retail group Surfstitch says chairman Howard McDonald will retire on August 1, continuing the recent management churn at the beleaguered company.

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Ian McPhee said the scope of the review would be further clarified, with different stakeholders having interpreted the ...

Banking review needs resources: McPhee

The man assessing the progress of the banking industry's self-imposed review has stressed the need for banks to dedicate sufficient resources to make changes.

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BHP set to miss iron ore target

BHP Billiton appears to have missed its iron ore export target from Western Australia.

BHP Billiton appears to have fallen short of its iron ore export target, with declarations by rival miners suggesting BHP has shipped less than 260 million tonnes from Port Hedland during the 2016 financial year.

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BP's oil spill bill reaches $81b

Life for BP changed on April 20, 2010 when a blowout a mile under water sent oil and gas surging up to the Deepwater ...

What's bigger than the value of Ford, Honda or General Motors? The cost to BP of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Buffett donates $2.9b to charity that embraces failure

"If you succeed in everything you're doing in charity, you're attempting things that are too easy,": Warren Buffett.

Warren Buffett donated about $US2.2 billion of stock in his annual gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, betting that risk takers at the group will make breakthroughs in global health and USeducation even as they acknowledge that some efforts will be unsuccessful.

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