Staff Reporters

Granby Enterprises Pty Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 2,500,000 ordinary shares (8.62%).

Closing for the Short Form Prospectus dated August 26 has been extended to September 10.

Chieftain and other shareholders of Marlows Ltd, have received a writ from the former executive chairman of Marlows Ltd alleging that monies are owed to him with respect to the sa

Lodged response to ASX query.

STUDENTS from the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia are snaring international attention with a new measure for assessing sustainability.

ANNE Gribble and Erin Beggs have joined Q&A Communications as senior consultants.

FIONA Peters has joined Edensilk as a marketing consultant.

SOME patients taking part in phase 1 trials of Solbec Pharmaceuticals anti-cancer drug SBP002 have asked to continue taking the drug.

Proposed code: BONIssue price: $0.25Principal activities: Diamond exploration.

Indian Ocean Resources Ltd increased its relevant interest from 18,862,305 ordinary shares (6.57%) to 21,843,012 ordinary shares (7.6%).

1,115,625 restricted ordinary fully paid shares will be released from escrow on September 23.

To increase its participation in the Bay Courant Project from 15 to 20 percent.

PERTH-BASED Internet registration company Domain Names Australia and its director Chesley Paul Rafferty have lost their appeal against a Federal Court ruling that its marketing pr

THE Master Builders Association believes the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union’s enterprise bargaining agreements have been made invalid following a recent High Court

The Goldman Sachs Group ceased to be a substantial shareholder.

Essential Earth Pty Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%) to 8,455,970 ordinary shares (21.714%).

Takeover offer closed.

Has sold another of its explosive detection devices to Sydney based Advanced Security Systems.

Bruce Tomich has been appointed non-executive director of Burdekin Pacific Limited.

THE Big Issue has secured nearly a quarter of a million dollars in Lotterywest Funding to consolidate and grow its Western Australian operations over the next two years.

Proposed code: ISSIssue price: $0.20

Sentient Executive Gp1 Ltd became a substantial shareholder with a relevant interest of 6,625,000 ordinary shares (18.4%).

Sofcom Ltd increased its relevant interest from 7,866,137 ordinary shares (20.2%) to 8,455,970 ordinary shares (21.714%).

Has teamed with Raytheon Australia to bid for the forthcoming Australian Government tender to build two amphibious ships, which is due to be issued in early 2005.

A general meeting is to be held at 11am on September 28 at 45 Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg.

TECHNOLOGY company HarvestRoad has appointed Damien Hass as UK-European manager.

Robert Harry Duffin has resigned as director of Midwest Corporation Limited; Brett Manning has also resigned as company secretary.

QPSX has announced it expects to lodge an appeal against the decision of the Munich Patent Court concerning the validity of the company’s German Segmentation and Reassembly patent

LISTED engineering company Clough and international project management company AMEC have been awarded an operations and maintenance services contract for ConocoPhillips’ Bayu-Unda