Staff Reporters

Woodside Petroleum Ltd has sold its 54 per cent Blacktip gas field interests to Italian-based oil giant ENI in a $40 million deal.

Western Australian industrial Joyce Corporation Ltd has completed its exit from manufacturing, completing the sale of its foam business for $16 million to Indian company Sheela Foam Private Ltd.

The national winners of the 2005 Australian Export Awards program will be announced tonight in Sydney.

The Australian stock market closed lower today, after finding it could not sustain the earlier momentum which sent the benchmark index past its previous closing high.

Bullion Minerals Ltd has revealed plans to spin off several gold exploration assets in an IPO of its newly registered subsidiary Chalice Gold Mines Ltd.

Business news summaries from around the nation.

JOINT venture partners in the Worsley Alumina project, BHP Billiton (86 per cent), Japan Alumina Associates (10 per cent) and Sojitz Alumina Pty Ltd (4 per cent), have begun a full feasibility study t

Proposed code: LAD Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: diamond exploration. Corporate : Send Fai Chan (chairman); Ross Kestel (non-executive director); John Terpu (non-executive director).

Merrill Lynch & Co became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 11,000,879 ordinary shares (15.87%).

Commonwealth Bank of Australia increased its relevant interest from 27,226,332 ordinary shares (9.09%) to 30,282,097 ordinary shares (10.11%).

Has successfully completed $10.8 million share placement.

Lodged response to ASX query

Annual General Meeting will be held at 9.30 am (WST) on Tuesday 29 November, 2005 at 240 Barrington Street, Bibra Lake, Western Australia, 6163.

JEFFREY, What are the changes that you have found in customers today compared with 10 years ago? What should sales people do to meet these new challenges?

IN this column, I continue with a series of articles identifying how to explore different perspectives driving success related to something (the situation, your focus) that you want to decide, resolve

BNP Paribus Fund Services Australiasia Pty Ltd ceased to be a substantial shareholder

Fini Group Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 7,250,000 ordinary shares (12.27%)

GBS Gold Australia Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 118,047,844 ordinary shares (77.87%) to 141,782,972 ordinary shares (93.29%).

43,210,677 fully paid ordinary shares will be released from escrow on 3 December 2005.

23.48m shares held by their largest shareholder, Sealion Australia Pte Ltd have been placed by Bell Potter Securities with major Australian institutions, retail investors and a number of Mermaid direc

Superannuation funds must report lost members to the Tax Office and follow certain processes if transferring a lost member to another fund.

William Buck Business Advisors and Chartered Accountants has appointed Craig Faulkner as a senior business advisory manager.

Proposed code: CTP Issue price: $0.20 Principal activities: oil and gas exploration.

UBS Nominess Pty Ltd & its related bodies corporate became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,994,539 ordinary shares (5.89%).

Acorn Capital Ltd increased its relevant interest from 5,419,319 ordinary shares (10.18%) to 6,107,750 ordinary shares (11.46%).

Announced the successful completion of a $6,006,000 capital raising which was led and managed by LinQ Corporate

Has commenced an action in the Federal Court of Australia against Cyril Resources Pty Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Cazaly Resources Ltd), Mr Nathan McMahon and Maincoast Pty Ltd in specific regar

General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 at 9.30am (WST) at The Celtic Club, 48 Ord Street, West Perth

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission forced British Airways PLC to extend a discount air ticket offer and alter its advertising following an investigation into misleading ads.

ORGANIC community garden City Farm has taken a further step towards securing an organic certification licence after recently receiving pre-certification, more than 12 months after it applied for the l

RAB Special Situations LP ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Riverbend Investments Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 5,000,000 ordinary shares (8.46%)