Asian Activities Report for June 20, 2011 includes: Hastings Rare Metals Limited (ASX:HAS) is to acquire a 60% interest in the Yangibana Rare Earth Project in Western Australia; IPGA Limited (ASX:IPP) is to raise A$8.9 million from SeLoger.com; Krucible Metals Limited (ASX:KRB) has received further encouraging results from the Garnet Prospect in Queensland; Mineral Deposits Limited (ASX:MDL) is to form a joint venture with Eramet (EPA:ERA).

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Asian Activities Report for April 28, 2011 includes: Sinotech Minerals Exploration Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 62 million shares in Enterprise Metals Limited (ASX:ENT) at A$0.20 per share; Resource Star Limited (ASX:RSL) defines rare earth targets in Malawi; Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU) is to acquire The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's (NYSE:BK) Shareowner Services Business for USD 550 million; Spitfire Resources Limited (ASX:SPI) expanded a manganese discovery in Western Australia.

Australian Market Report of February 4, 2011 includes: The implementation of the iSOFT (ASX:ISF) Medication Management solution has helped reduce medication errors at Dunedin Hospital of Otago in New Zealand; East Coast Minerals NL (ASX:ECM) is to acquire advanced lithium project in Austria; Aquila Resources Limited (ASX:AQA) announced a further 63% resource increase at the Avontuur Manganese Project in South Africa; Monto Minerals Limited (ASX:MOO) is to acquire tin assets in Queensland.

Australian Market Report of November 3, 2010 includes: Medic Vision Limited (ASX:MVH) announced the launch of mOne advertising platform at Ad Tech New York; TZ Limited (ASX:TZL) is moving into the gaming industry; Dragon Mountain Gold Limited (ASX:DMG) updated on exploration program at Lixian gold project in China; Hansen Technologies Limited (ASX:HSN) announced the acquisition of US-based NirvanaSoft.

Mr Scott Brown is the currently Chief Financial Officer of Mosaic Oil NL (ASX: MOS), a listed production and exploration company with an extensive range of production and exploration permits in Queensland. Scott has an extensive background in finance and the management of public companies. Prior to Mosaic Oil NL, Scott was Finance Director of Objective Corporation Limited, an enterprise content management (ECM) software company that has established itself as one of the leaders in the ECM market, where it has been a consistent winner against international competition. Scott was instrumental in guiding Objective through the process of listing on the ASX.

After-sales information system provider Infomedia Ltd (ASX:IFM) said it has signed a three-year agreement with Toyota Motor Sales USA to market its service quoting and selling system to the TMS dealership network.

The Australian share market opened slightly lower on Wednesday with weakness in financial stocks. Wall Street has provided a flat lead to the local market. Mining stocks were mixed while commodities prices were firmer. Gold miners gained after gold price hit a record high overnight in London and New York.

The Australian shares gave up most of yesterday's gains this morning with the benchmark ASX200 index retreated 1.7 per cent due to uncertainty over Europe economy. Wall Street overnight finished sharply lower as rescue of a Spanish savings bank triggered new fears over the eurozone debt issues.

Today Australian shares continued their losing streak in early trade, despite a positive lead from Wall Street. Yesterday the Asian and Australian market declined massively on the back to credit ratings downgrades for Greece and Portugal. Australian market's decline today was led by financial shares.