COMPANIES

Healthscope announced it has received two additional indicative and non-binding proposals to acquire all of the company's issued capital for cash consideration by scheme of arrangement at a price of $5.80 per share.

The $7.7 billion Gladstone liquefied natural gas (GLNG) project of Santos and Petronas in Queensland is expected to create a huge number of jobs for the region.

Hundreds of childcare centres formerly operated by the collapsed ABC Learning group will be turned over to non-profit consortium today.

Air New Zealand will be enabling its new Boeing 777-300 aircraft with mobile phone and data capability, with the first aircraft due for delivery in November this year.

Suncorp confirmed today that it has finalised pricing of its Apollo Series 2010-1 residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) issue from $500 million to $1 billion, in response to investor demand.

Santos and Petronas' multibillion-dollar Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project received its environmental approval from the Queensland government, following review of the project's Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) by the Queensland Coordinator-General.

A timber industry analyst explained on Friday that a possibility for Gunns to improve its corporate image following the resignation of its chairman John Gray is very high.

Virgin Blue announced that it has lowered its market guidance for financial year 2010 to around 25 per cent due to deteriorating domestic and international markets.

Australian weapon company Electro Optics Systems Holdings (EOS) announced it has signed an exclusive agreement with Northrop Grumman to bid for a $4 billion contract with the United States Army for vehicle-mounted remote weapons systems.

BHP chief executive Marius Kloppers attacked the panel's consultation appointed by Treasurer Wayne Swan on Friday for refusing to disclose the design or key elements of the prosed resource super profits tax.

Mining giant BHP Billiton announced it has confirmed formation of a joint venture with a subsidiary of PT Adaro Energy TBK for its Indonesian Coal Project (ICP) following the completion of government approvals.

Building company James Hardie disclosed its full-year loss of $93.6 million yesterday, stating the loss was due to the tough US housing market. However, the group is optimistic of long-term growth and better conditions in the Asia-Pacific market.

Apple contractor Foxconn has started instituting precautionary and even bizarre measures to protect its workers and business in the aftermath of reported nine suicides this year at the company’s giant facility in southern China.

Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd has signed an agreement with 7-Eleven Australia for the sale of its retail fuels business, comprising 295 company-owned or leased stations that are primarily located in metropolitan areas in east Australia.

Grains handler and marketer GrainCorp Ltd posted a $53 million half year profit from $32 million last year and will pay an interim dividend of $0.15 per share.

The Supreme Court of Queensland has ordered the Bank of Queensland to reveal documents pertaining to its lending practices in two branches while seeking legal action on the collapsed Storm Financial.

Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. reported a 0.5 per cent increase in its domestic passenger numbers and 18.7 per cent in its international passenger numbers for the month of April.

The ANZ is currently investigating a social networking site scandal involving debt collections staff who are tracking down people with outstanding personal loans and credit cards.

BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in South Australia will return to full operation by the end of June.

More than thirty per cent of Rio Tinto investors have ruled over the increased pay to executives during its annual general meeting in Austraila.

Telstra Corporation Ltd said it should be fined a sum of about $4 million, instead of the $40 million penalty sought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged breaches of the company's competitive obligations under federal law.

Google says that ad skipping would not be permitted on its new TV platform Google TV.

Domestic carrier Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex) has announced on Wednesday that company net profit for 2009/10 would only either match or might even fall a little below than the net profit of $23 million it reported on 2008/09.

Otix Global, Inc., announced that its Australian division, HearingLife, has begun offering franchising opportunities to audiologists and audiometrists throughout Australia. HearingLife made the announcement at the annual Audiological Society of Australia (ASA) conference in Darling Harbour, Sydney.

Majority of cab drivers in Canberra Australian Capital Territory (CAT) expressed their disapproval over the suggestions made that an extra taxi license be issued across the region.

The Australian Federal Police failed to act quickly on the alleged corruption inside the Reserve Bank's currency subsidiary.

Minerals tester Ammtec Ltd announced today its Board has decided to reject the proposed $123 million takeover offer by Campbell Brothers.

A recent study shows that small to mid-sized businesses do not favor banks that want to build their lending books when the mortgage market slows down.

A consortium of coal mining firms has offered to buy Queensland's coal track network for $4.85 billion.