BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Rainmaker
- somebody, especially a lawyer, who procures clients who spend a lot of money on their firm's business
Wiktionary Definition for: Rainmaker
- An employee of a company who creates a large amount of unexpected business, consistently brings in money at critical times, or brings in markedly more money than his or her co-workers, thereby "floating their salaries".
Additional Resources
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. Renamed Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--June 30, 1998-- Rainmaker(TSE:RNK.) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. announces that effective June 23, 1998 the Company's name was changed to Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. (the "Company"). Common shares of Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. will commence trading under the new name on The Toronto Stock Exchange on July...
- Research articles 1998-06-30
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. Renamed Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--June 30, 1998-- Rainmaker(TSE:RNK.) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. announces that effective June 23, 1998 the Company's name was changed to Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. (the "Company"). Common shares of Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. will commence trading under the new name on The Toronto Stock Exchange on July...
- Research articles 1998-06-30
- Rainmaker and Mainframe Enter Into Agreement for Rainmaker to Acquire Balance of Mainframe Shares
- Rainmaker Income Fund ("Rainmaker") (TSX: RNK.UN) and Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX: MFE) announced today that Mainframe and a subsidiary of Rainmaker have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rainmaker's majority owned subsidiary RNK Capital Limited Partnership ("RNK Capital LP") will acquire the balance of the 38% of the...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- Rainmaker launches f/x arm.(Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd.'s Rainmaker Animation and Visual Effects appoints Warren Franklin)(Brief Article)
- HOLLYWOOD -- Vancouver post house Rainmaker has set up Rainmaker Animation and Visual Effects, and hired vet f/x producer Warren Franklin as prexy of the new division. Rainmaker plans to build a feature animation studio for production of CGI films in...
- Research articles 2005-06-16
- Rainmaker and Mainframe Enter Into Agreement for Rainmaker to Acquire Balance of Mainframe Shares.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Aug 30, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Rainmaker Income Fund ("Rainmaker") (TSX:RNK.UN) and Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. ("Mainframe") (TSX:MFE) announced today that Mainframe and a subsidiary of Rainmaker have entered into a definitive agreement under which Rainmaker's majority owned subsidiary RNK Capital Limited...
- Research articles 2006-08-30
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures: Amalgamation Agreement With Canadian Subsidiary
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--April 7, 1998--Rainmaker Digital (TSE:RNK.) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. (the "Company") announces that the Company and its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Rainmaker Digital Pictures Group Ltd., have entered into an amalgamation agreement dated April 6, 1998. The purpose of the amalgamation is to streamline the Company's...
- Research articles 1998-04-07
- Rainmaker is planning to change the date of its fiscal year end
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 27, 1995--RAINMAKER DIGITAL PICT (ME:RNK) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it is planning to change its fiscal year end from May 31 to December 31. This change will be effective December 31, 1995.Located in Vancouver, B.C., Rainmaker operates,...
- Research articles 1995-12-27
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. — Announcement
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--JANUARY 9, 1996--Rainmaker Digital(ME: RNK) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. is pleased to announce that, effective December 29, 1995, Quest Capital Corporation has converted 413,334 series 1 convertible preferred shares into 413,334 common shares in the capital of Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp.Located in Vancouver, B.C., Rainmaker operates, through its...
- Research articles 1996-01-09
- Rainmaker Starts New Year With High Definition
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--ENTERTAINMENT WIRE--Dec. 13, 1999-- Rainmaker(TSE:RNK.) Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. ("Rainmaker" or the "Company"), operating in Vancouver as Rainmaker Digital Pictures ("RDP"), will welcome the Year 2000 in typically forward-looking fashion by introducing Western Canada's first high definition television post-production facility. In "Phase One" of an expansion...
- Research articles 1999-12-13
- Bell Canada First in Canada to Launch Vettro RainMaker 360; Vettro RainMaker 360 Converges The Power of Salesforce SFA, Salesforce Service & Support, Third-Party Software, and Personal Information Management Tools onto the BlackBerry®
- SAN FRANCISCO -- Vettro, a leading provider of on-demand mobile business applications, today announced Bell Canada, Canada's leading wireless provider, will be the first to commercially launch the latest version of Vettro RainMaker. E[acute accent]Vettro RainMaker for Salesforce is a complete, on-demand mobile CRM service that equips mobile users with...
- Research articles 2005-09-13
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. - Commencement Of Trading And Private Placement
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 9, 1995--RAINMAKER DIG. PICTURE (ME:RNK) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. is pleased to announce that its common shares will commence trading on The Montreal Exchange on Wednesday, May 10, 1995. Its trading symbol is RNK.Located in Vancouver, B.C., Rainmaker operates, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, one of...
- Research articles 1995-05-09
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. Is Pleased To Announce The Appointment Of Michael Hanneson
- VANCOUVER, B.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 5, 1995-- Rainmaker Digital (ME:RNK) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Hannesson, B.Comm, C.A., to the position of Executive Vice President of the Company.Hannesson brings a wealth of varied business and financial experience to the Rainmaker group. Hannesson...
- Research articles 1995-12-05
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Announces Record Third Quarter Results
- VANCOUVER, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 21, 1997-- Rainmaker Digital Pictures (TSE, ME RNK.) Rainmaker Digital Pictures Corp. ("Rainmaker" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the financial results for the third quarter of the 1997 fiscal year. Consolidated revenue for the three months ended September 30, 1997, increased...
- Research articles 1997-10-21
- Rainmaker to Acquire Mainframe Entertainment
- Wireless News 07-22-2006 Rainmaker to Acquire Mainframe Entertainment WIRELESS NEWS-July 22, 2006-Rainmaker to Acquire Mainframe Entertainment C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Mainframe Entertainment announced that RNK Capital Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Rainmaker Income Fund, has entered...
- Research articles 2006-07-22
- Rainmaker to Reorganize as an Income Trust.
- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 22, 2002 Rainmaker Entertainment Group Ltd. ("Rainmaker" or the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously agreed to reorganize into Rainmaker Income Fund (the "Fund"). The transaction will be accomplished by way of a...
- Research articles 2002-04-22
- Tech Watch: Diamond takes a cut as a rainmaker exits.(Henry ``Hawk'' McIntosh leaves DiamondCluster International Inc. for Accenture Ltd.)(Brief Article)
- Henry ``Hawk'' McIntosh is winging it back to Accenture Ltd. That's a blow for Chicago's DiamondCluster International Inc., the tech strategy shop where Mr. McIntosh has been a rainmaker for the past 21/2 years as head of the firm's business developm Henry ``Hawk'' McIntosh is winging...
- Research articles 2002-01-21
- Quantel. (Rainmaker Digital Pictures Group buys Quantel Henry V8 video effects editing equipment)(Brief Article)
- Rainmaker Digital Pictures Group, Vancouver, BC, has purchased Quantel's high-end Henry V8 video effects editing system. The fully-configured Henry V8 has two hours of uncompressed digital storage and eight effects layers, and will be used by Rainmak Rainmaker Digital Pictures Group, Vancouver, BC, has purchased ...
- Research articles 1997-05-05
- Rainmaker Awards.(awards of Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing)
- By Staff The CTAM Rainmaker Award is given annually to members who have played an essential role in supporting CTAM's priority of helping the cable business grow. Recipients are being recognized for extraordinary contributions to CTAM's corpo By...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- Vettro Unveils Newest Release of Mobile On-Demand CRM for Salesforce.com's AppExchange; Vettro RainMaker 360 Features Out-of-the-Box Mobile Support for AppExchange Applications
- NEW YORK -- Vettro, a leading provider of on-demand mobile business applications, and salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the market and technology leader in on-demand CRM, today unveiled Vettro RainMaker 360, a solution that converges any third-party data source onto one mobile application, including salesforce.com AppExchange applications. Vettro RainMaker 360 deploys wirelessly...
- Research articles 2006-01-23
- Rainmaker Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering of Common Stock.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 April 2007-Breaking News: Rainmaker Announces Pricing of Follow-On Offering of Common StockC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20042007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead of the ...
- Research articles 2007-04-20
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