Staff Reporters

Changes which impact on certain accumulation funds and defined benefit funds have been made to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 2004 (SIS regulations).

HBF general manager of financial services Paul Italiano has also been appointed general manager of HBF Insurance.

INFORMATION technology company Alphawest has signed an agreement with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to assist in the design and implementation of an Electronic Do

Proposed code: WGMIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Gold, nickel, copper and platinum exploration.

UBS Nominees Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 4,731,165 ordinary shares (6.10%).

Excalibur Mining Corporation Ltd increased its relevant interest from 90,800,604 ordinary shares (9.15%) to 134,350,684 ordinary shares (13.6%)

Announce Placement to raise approximately $2.8 million from the issue of 400,000,000 shares at a price of 0.7 cents per share with one free option.

Lodged response to ASX query

BERT Beevers has been confirmed as the managing director of Central West TAFE after having acted in the position since last year.

ANIMAL vaccine developer Imugene has finalised a $5 million share placement it announced on November 23.

Proposed code: ZBBIssue price: $0.50Principal activities: Develops and manufactures distributed energy storage solutions.

Renaissance Smaller Companies Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 8,153,173 ordinary shares (5.35%).

Portfolio Partners Limited decreased its relevant interest from 25,292,196 ordinary shares (15.24%) to 23,957,217 ordinary shares (13.90%).

Has announced the conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding with China Metal Products Import/Export Corporation a subsidiary of China MinMetals Corporation.  Tonnage to be suppl

Together with Carpenter Pacific Resources NL have reached an in principle agreement to dispose of their jointly held 5% participating interest in the Maari Oil Project (Maari) to

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Creating professional development opportunities is often seen as a critical element in motivating and retaining staff, but it's not an easy strategy t

DANIEL Sanzone has been appointed negotiator – industrial sales and leasing for CB Richard Ellis.

Communities in the Pilbara region have reaped more than $170,000 in WA Government grants announced this week.

Mark Pallister became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 16,516,107 ordinary shares (8.25%).

Petroleum Ventures Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 15,000,000 ordinary shares (5.51%) to 18,453,774 ordinary shares (6.77%).

Has received notification of a potential claim for unfair dismissal and related employment matters from solicitors acting on behalf of Mr Roger Henning, the previous Chief Executi

Shares in Consolidated Minerals surged above $3 this week after the company reported increased production and higher profits from its manganese and chromite mining operations.

CENTRELINK has appointed Darryl Alexander as its newest area manager for Western Australia.

GREAT Australian Resources has entered into an option agreement with New Zealand company Southwest Exploration to acquire a large gold project area on New Zealand's South Island w

Proposed code: ANOIssue price: $0.20Principal activities: Production of nanomaterials.

Equity Trustees Limited became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of  ordinary shares (%).

International Wine Investment Fund decreased its relevant interest from 7,914,852 ordinary shares (10.08%) to 5,738,778 ordinary shares (6.24%).