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  • Next time I walk into a session and Tinkler is there, I plan to position myself right next to him and exchange snarky comments -- er, I mean cranky comments.

    K'zoo Round-up Richard Nokes 2006

  • They had taken his Tinkler from the safe corner in his bed where the ticking was broken, and there was

    Harding's Luck Edith 1909

  • Well, I meant to stay half an hour and come back again, for I am upon 'Tinkler's ground' in the drawing-room and liable to whole droves of morning visitors -- and Henrietta kept me, kept me, because she wanted me, besought me, to stay and see the great sight of Capt.

    The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Robert Browning 1850

  • Well, I meant to stay half an hour and come back again, for I am upon 'Tinkler's ground' in the drawing-room and liable to whole droves of morning visitors ” and Henrietta kept me, kept me, because she wanted me, besought me, to stay and see the great sight of Capt.

    The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 1898

  • "I believe the merged entity will represent an extremely attractive investment of scale in the rapidly consolidating Australian listed coal sector," said Mr. Tinkler, a billionaire who holds 32% of Aston.

    Whitehaven Buys Aston Resources Robb M. Stewart 2011

  • The deal has the support of Whitehaven and Aston's boards, as well as Mr. Tinkler, who said he plans to vote in favor of the transaction in the absence of a superior proposal.

    Whitehaven Buys Aston Resources Robb M. Stewart 2011

  • Reuters Betty Dukes, one of the plaintiffs in the case, leaves a San Francisco courthouse with her attorney, Steve Tinkler, in March 2009.

    Companies Rally Behind Wal-Mart as Bias Suit Heads to High Court Ann Zimmerman 2011

  • At Aston, 38%-owner Nathan Tinkler , an electrician-turned-mining-entrepreneur—his other assets include racehorses and professional soccer and rugby teams—might not be willing to have his stake substantially diluted.

    Australian Miner Merger Makes Major Sense Cynthia Koons 2011

  • Aston's founder Nathan Tinkler has a 38.24% stake in the miner, and seized control of the company in a boardroom coup last month that saw him installed as chairman.

    Whitehaven, Aston Discuss Coal Merger David Fickling 2011

  • The complex deal would see Whitehaven pay its shareholders a dividend of 50 cents a share, and also includes an agreement to buy for further shares privately held Boardwalk Resources, a coal prospector partly owned by Aston founder and Chairman Nathan Tinkler.

    Whitehaven Buys Aston Resources Robb M. Stewart 2011

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