Staff Reporters

Tammy Batten has been appointed as chief executive officer and director of nursing at the St John of God Health Care Geraldton Hospital.

AUSTRALIAN building products and sugar giant CSR Ltd said it had settled a further 10,000 asbestos product claims in the US at a cost of $US2.5 million.

FMR Corp became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,290,218 ordinary shares (6.06%)

Alchemia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 27,218,673 ordinary shares (21.63%) to 31,930,084 ordinary shares (25.38%)

Amedeus Energy Ltd changed its relevant interest from 34,366,667 ordinary shares (31.73%) to 34,266,667 ordinary shares (27.59%)

Has changed its name to GulfX Ltd. New code is GLX.

Has completed a $3.2m equity raising to professional and sophisticated investor clients of Bell Potter Securities.

YOU would think the man who, until recently, ran the Western Australian division of major accounting lobby group CPA Australia would have a walk-up start when it came to buying a small business.

Proposed code: UTO, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: uranium exploration, Corporate: Philip Lucas (non-executive chairman), Stephen Mann (non-executive director), Stanley Macdonald (non-execu

Morley-based candy manufacturer, Walkers Candy, has appointed Raymond Edwards (far left) as a confectioner.

Bulletin to inform tax practitioners of the most recent updates to ato.gov.au - April 19 2006. http://ato.gov.au/distributor.asp?doc=/content/72386.htm Published: April 26 2006

The Finance and Treasury Association WA chapter (FTA), in conjunction with Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia), is hosting a luncheon, May 12 at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel, following t

Fairmount Investments became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,098,562 ordinary shares (5.62%)

Barrick Gold Corporation increased its relevant interest from 68,165,561 ordinary shares (49.84%) to 70,798,167 ordinary shares (51.77%)

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 14,625,887 ordinary shares (7.66%) to 12,475,138 ordinary shares (6.53%)

Annual General Meeting will be held at Royal Perth Yacht Club, Australia 11 Drive, Crawley, at 10.30am on Wednesday 24 May

BHP Billiton has announced the appointment of Ian Ashby (left), president and chief operating officer, Western Australian Iron Ore, to the BHP Billiton executive committee.

ONE of the major challenges confronting small business is deciding how much time to devote to running the business and how much attention to direct towards ensuring the business complies with its regu

Proposed code: LBT, Issue price: $0.20 , Principal activities: development of technology for use in the automation of microbiology laboratory processing, Corporate: Lusia Guthrie (managing director),

BIG four banker Westpac consolidated its Victorian interests by selling the Victorian operations of its Challenge Bank subsidiary to the Bank of Melbourne this week 10 years ago.

Monterrey Investment Management Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Alchemia Ltd increased its relevant interest from 21,074,805 ordinary shares (16.75%) to 24,331,953 ordinary shares (19.34%)

Barrick Gold Corporation increased its relevant interest from 90,445,285 ordinary shares (66.14%) to 98,954,992 ordinary shares (72.36%)

Advise that 2,593,355 restricted ordinary fully paid shares (NGMAM), 736,521 restricted ordinary fully paid shares (NGMAO), escrow period ends on 3 May 2006

A General Meeting will be held at Conference Room, Level 8, Exchange Plaza, 2 The Esplanade, Perth, WA 6000 on Monday 22 May at 2.00pm

PERTH-BASED health care equipment company MEDEC Ltd has signed an agreement with an international investment bank for the placement of up to 8.5 million shares to raise $1.8 million, with several inte

Proposed code: BUR, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: oil and gas exploration, Corporate: John McAlwey (non-executive chairman), Andrew Kugler, Jr (non-executive director), Michael Sandy (exec

Inspired Life Health Club in Bentley has appointed Denise Plowman as business development manager. Ms Plowman previously worked for Jurlique International as WA sales manager.

SOMETIMES salespeople whine. And like all wines (whines), some are fine, but most are common. Below are the finest sales whines. Most of them are vintage.

THE Perth corporate reorganisation group at Deloitte, ranked as number 11 in the 2006 WA Business News Book of Lists is led by Gary Doran, who oversees a team of 12 staff.

C W Dorsch & M J Dorsch became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 10,458,244 ordinary shares (23.12%)

Sandvik AB increased its relevant interest from 9,305,438 ordinary shares (10.00%) to 10,977,154 ordinary shares (11.80%)