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  • Made almost $16.5 million from the company's 2008 financial year ...
    King counts riches as Leighton booms

    LEIGHTON Holdings chief executive officer Wal King has made almost $16.5 million from the company's 2008 financial year performance, as it boosted its annual earnings by a third due to ...

    The Australian Business News - 1 month, 3 weeks ago
  • Done spectacular things in his 21-year reign at Leighton. Perhaps ...
    The man who would be king

    Wal King has done spectacular things in his 21-year reign at Leighton. Perhaps that's why he's confident enough to publicly parley with a Russian billionaire, while his apparently hamstrung 'boss' ...

    Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 3 months ago
  • Called on the federal Government to lower the bar on ...
    Work visa rules 'too narrow'

    LEIGHTON Holdings' chief executive Wal King has called on the federal Government to lower the bar on work visas in a bid to ease shortages of semi-skilled workers in Australia.

    The Australian Business News - 3 months, 1 week ago
  • Described Australia's bid costs as probably the most expensive the ...
    Bidding costs world's most expensive: Leighton

    Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King has described Australia's bid costs as probably the most expensive the world and has criticised state governments for having unrealistic budgets and ...

    Business Spectator - 6 months, 1 week ago
  • Called on the Federal Government to relax its immigration laws ...
    Leighton boss calls for immigration reform

    Construction group Leighton Holdings, chief executive Wal King has called on the Federal Government to relax its immigration laws to allow overseas semi - skilled workers to fill labour shortages ...

    Business Spectator - 7 months ago
  • Ride the Middle East construction boom for another three years ...
    King extends reign to Mideast

    WAL King will ride the Middle East construction boom for another three years with a new contract to add to his Leighton Holdings motto: "Either you grow or you die."

    The Australian Property News - 1 year, 3 months ago
2 weeks ago LEIGHTON HOLDINGS CHIEF PLAYS DOWN CHANCE OF AUSTRALIA RECESSION
LGTHF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating - - Leighton Holdings Ltd ( ASX : LEI ) chief executive Wal King says Australia won ' t have a ...
TRADINGMARKETS.COM - 4:36 p.m. Thursday 6th November 2008
Leighton CEO says recession unlikely
Leighton Holdings chief executive Wal King says Australia won ' t have a recession although volatile financial markets make it difficult for businesses to operate." I don ' t believe ...
Sydney Morning Herald Business - 2:47 p.m. Thursday 6th November 2008
1 month, 3 weeks ago King counts riches as Leighton booms
LEIGHTON Holdings chief executive officer Wal King has made almost $16.5 million from the company's 2008 financial year performance, as it boosted its annual earnings by a third due to ...
The Australian Business News - midnight Tuesday 30th September 2008
2 months, 2 weeks ago UAE projects swelling Leighton coffers
Leighton Holdings CEO Wal King says wealthy Middle Eastern countries have become a significant earnings contributor to the property development company.
Business Day - 7:37 p.m. Tuesday 2nd September 2008
3 months ago The man who would be king
Wal King has done spectacular things in his 21-year reign at Leighton. Perhaps that's why he's confident enough to publicly parley with a Russian billionaire, while his apparently hamstrung 'boss' ...
Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 7:33 a.m. Monday 18th August 2008
3 months ago World economy 'won't stop growing'
THE world economy will continue growing on the industrialisation of developing countries such as China, benefiting Australia's biggest construction company Leighton, chief executive Wal King says.
Daily Telegraph Business Breaking News - 7:11 p.m. Sunday 17th August 2008
Tiger economies to drive growth: Leighton boss
The world economy will continue growing on the industrialisation of developing countries such as China, benefiting Australia's biggest construction company Leighton Holdings, chief executive Wal King
The West Australian - business - 6 a.m. Sunday 17th August 2008
3 months, 1 week ago KGB INTERROGATION: Wal King
Riding high on a record $608 million annual profit, Leighton Holdings chief Wal King reveals his plans for global growth and the ongoing battle to resist the advances of major ...
Business Spectator construction & engineering - 12:09 a.m. Saturday 16th August 2008
3 months, 1 week ago Deripaska won't move on Leighton parent: King
A possible takeover of Leighton Holdings ' majority shareholder Hotchief by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is unlikely, the construction and engineering group's boss Wal King has told Business ...
Business Spectator Alan Kohler - 6:13 p.m. Friday 15th August 2008
Pulp mill will not be built: Leighton - Construction giant puts doubt on project
BELL BAY pulp mill proponent Gunns Ltd has dismissed as " uninformed " comments by Leighton Holdings ' chief executive Wal King that the $2 billion project will never be ...
The Examiner Northern Tasmania - 1:55 a.m. Friday 15th August 2008
Mill may be pulp fiction, Leighton boss says
THE chief executive of the company due to build a controversial pulp mill in Tasmania suspects the mill is doomed.Wal King, the head of Leighton Holdings, told the Herald he ...
Campbelltown Advertiser - 12:21 a.m. Friday 15th August 2008
Leighton earnings up in resources boom
CONSTRUCTION giant Leighton Holdings' wild ride on the infrastructure and resources boom has boosted full-year net profit by more than one-third to $607.9 million, with chief executive Wal King saying ...
The Australian Property News - midnight Friday 15th August 2008
Work visa rules 'too narrow'
LEIGHTON Holdings' chief executive Wal King has called on the federal Government to lower the bar on work visas in a bid to ease shortages of semi-skilled workers in Australia.
The Australian Business News - midnight Friday 15th August 2008
3 months, 1 week ago Leighton Holdings to expand mining operations
Profit reporting season is in full swing with a number of company results out today. Construction company Leighton Holdings plans to sell shares to expand contract mining in India, Indonesia ...
PM - 6:57 p.m. Thursday 14th August 2008

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