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Shares in East Perth-based portable accommodation builder Fleetwood Corporation Ltd dropped almost 1 per cent after the company recorded an 8 per cent fall in half year operating profit after tax.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia is hosting a business luncheon, March 21 in the Freshwater Bay Room at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

MIR Investment Management Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Kalgoorlie Mine Management Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 2,000,000 ordinary shares (7.11%) to 4,017,000 ordinary shares (10.48%)

Hunter Hall Investment Management Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 8,619,914 ordinary shares (10.94%) to 7,875,000 ordinary shares (7.96%)

Has now expended $3.0 million at the Acra Joint Venture Project, thereby earning a 60% interest in the Project

General Meeting will be held at Unit 4, 26 Clive Street, West Perth at 10.00am Western Standard Time (WST) on 3 rd April 2006

Well-known Western Australian businessman and philanthropist Bill Wyllie passed away this week aged 73 after a long battle with cancer.

AIRFARES have never been cheaper. Since 1964, when jets were introduced onto Australian domestic routes, average weekly earnings have leapt 1,705 per cent, from $57 a week to $1,029.

STARTING a new business can be daunting. Many business fail as a result of poor management or lack of initial funding.

General interest charge (GIC) rates announced for the current financial year. Revised to include rates for the fourth quarter of the 2005-06 income year - 7 March 2006.

THE contractor building the Perth to Mandurah railway line must do "whatever it takes" to get work restarted on the strife-plagued project, even if it means sacking striking workers and hiring others,

THE Commonwealth Grants Commission has recommended an $89 million cut in Western Australia’s share of Goods and Services Tax grants.

Proposed code: RGP, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: distilled water., Corporate: Leon Ivory (non-executive chairman); Henry Heng (managing director); Edmund Teo (executive director); Murray

Fadmoor Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

MBM Corporation Pty Ltd & Chaos Investments Pty Ltd changed its relevant interest from 18,119,575 ordinary shares (11.08%) to 18,219,575 ordinary shares (11.01%)

Have allotted and issued 68,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares and 68,000,000 free attaching 2009 Options at an issue price of $0.025 per share, raising $1.7 million before costs.

Has signed an agreement to purchase and has completed the purchase of the US premises it has rented for the past five years at N93 W14475 Whittaker Way, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

Angel-Clare Melton has been appointed to Talent2 International’s executive recruitment business, Talent2 People.

1171 Hay Street, WEST PERTH, WA 6008, Ph: (08) 9481 1144, Fax: (08) 9481 1155

RETAILER Rick Hart has entered into an deal to take over the Perth Myer Megamart store. The new store will operate seven days a week as a flagship Rick Hart outlet.

Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd chief executive officer James Neville Smith and director Kenneth Last both increased their indirect holdings, through on-market trade, by one million shares for a consider

Handles general freight in the Perth metropolitan and country areas. Trucks & trailors enable transport of most freight including steel & containers. Established client base.

Proposed code: GLA, Issue price: $0.20, Principal activities: nickel, gold and uranium explorer., Corporate: John Palermo (director), Mark O’ Malley (director), John Hills (director), Douglas Cunningh

Barrick Gold Corporation Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,842,910 ordinary shares (8.49%)

Calm Holdings Ltd decreased its relevant interest from 20,692,044 ordinary shares (12.1%) to 17,442,044 ordinary shares (10.199%)

Has finalised its farmin agreement for EPP 27, Offshore Otway Basin, involving Oilex NL, Videocon Industries Ltd and Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd

General Meeting will be held at First Floor, The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth, Western Australia on 28 March 2006 at 2.00 pm

Robert Hicks has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Goldfields Esperance Development Commission. Mr Hicks is a Goldfields local with strong family traditions in the region.

GAS and power group Energy Equity Corp expects to generate $1 billion in revenue from a gas and power project in Indonesia over the next 20 years.

NEW figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show building approvals in Western Australia rose 15.4 per cent in January, the largest increase of any Australian state.