Mark Beyer

Listed technology company Advanced Ocular Systems Ltd (formerly Regenera Ltd) will close its Boston headquarters and has announced the resignation of its US based chief executive Kenneth Taylor following a review of costs.

The family owners of Willeton company Monarch Pool Systems have reaped a $30 million reward by agreeing to sell the business to listed Melbourne company GUD Holdings.

West Perth-based company Imdex Ltd has taken another major step in its strategy to become a major global player in the drilling products and services market by entering into a $17 million agreement to acquire UK-based Chardec Consultants Ltd.

The state government is likely to throw open the development of new port and rail infrastructure in the Mid-West region to a public tender in response to apparent divisions between members of the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance.

West Perth company Eastland Medical Systems achieved a major milestone this month with its first substantial export order confirmed for its ClipOn hypodermic needle.

Advance Healthcare Group has flagged the possibility of further capital raisings after announcing its second successive multi-million dollar loss.

Melbourne IT company Azurn International has appointed two Perth firms, corporate adviser Azure Capital and Montagu Stockbrokers, to guide it through its second attempt at a stock market float.

Scaffolding and form-work supplier PCH Group expects to report its fourth consecutive record profit this year as it benefits from the global resources boom. But that hasn’t stopped investors from hammering its share price.

The state government is likely to throw open the development of new port and rail infrastructure in the Mid-West region to a public tender in response to apparent divisions between members of the Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance.

Gold miner Croesus Mining NL has shocked the market by announcing that it has gone into administration, despite the appointment of a new board led by Michael Kiernan and substantial progress with restructuring its business.

Claremont based healthcare company Resonance Health Ltd today announced a deeply discounted $3.06 million entitlements offer at two cents per share to fund further development of FibroScreen, a non-invasive liver fibrosis test.

Aspiring iron ore miner Murchison Metals has finalised a consortium of four companies to study the potential $1.6 billion development of rail and port infrastructure in the state's Mid West region.

Private equity investors Archer Capital and Pacific Equity Partners are aiming to double their money after West Perth-based earthmoving equipment supplier Emeco Holdings Ltd launched its Initial Public Offering to raise $1.1 billion.

Most company directors would consider joining the board of global mining giant BHP Billiton the peak of their career, but for Michael Chaney it was a mere stepping stone.

Loyal Fremantle Dockers supporters will know that Premier Alan Carpenter is an avid fan but they probably don’t realise he is regularly accompanied to games by his chief of staff, Rita Saffioti, and his principal media adviser, Guy Houston.

Western Australia’s highest paid public servant, health supremo Neale Fong, has suffered the kind of year most people would like to forget.

Two of the most significant figures in Western Australia’s property and construction industry, Multiplex founder John Roberts and Wyllie Group chairman Bill Wyllie, died during the past year.

The momentous changes inside the Labor state government over the past six months have left Premier Alan Carpenter in a stronger position than his predecessor Geoff Gallop ever enjoyed.

It may just be coincidence, but the two men judged to be the most powerful chief executives in Western Australia are from the US.

Julie Bishop and Senator Ian Campbell rank as the two most powerful Western Australians in the federal government, and both have the potential to take their careers further.

Critics of the Carpenter government fond of sporting analogies say that his ministerial team doesn’t bat very deep.

The editor of Perth’s only daily newspaper, The West Australian, is one of the most influential people in the state.

What is the common link between metalworkers’ union boss Jock Ferguson, Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive John Langoulant and recent BHP Billiton recruit Ian Fletcher?

The University of Western Australia’s Business School board ranks as the bluest of blue chip boards in Perth.

The big changes at the top of the state government over the past six months have put the new premier, Alan Carpenter, firmly at the head of WA Business News’ fifth annual ‘Most Influential’ survey.

Premier Alan Carpenter told a business lunch in Perth today that he was concerned about the impact of Australian Workplace Agreements on low-paid and low-skilled workers.

The state government is planning to start a trial of school-based and part-time apprenticeships next month in partnership with two group training providers.

Australia’s skilled migration system could result in a glut of accounting graduates in a few years while doing little to address the acute shortage of engineers, a Perth conference was told last week.

Perth company Resonance Health has introduced a major change in strategic direction after concluding that its core technology, developed at the University of Western Australia, would not be able to sustain the business.

Western Australia is one of the world’s great mining provinces but where are the great Perth-based mining services companies?

The Australian mining industry has provided a strong platform for contract drilling and drilling services companies such as Ausdrill, Brandrill and Imdex, but attempts to move into the international market have met with mixed success.

Nick Archibald, the founder of pioneering Western Australian minerals software developer Fractal Graphics, is close to completing his biggest ever deal as chief executive of listed Canadian company Geoinformatics Exploration Inc.