THE discovery of a major pegmatite-hosted tantalum deposit in the eastern Goldfields could make Tantalum Australia Pty Ltd one of the largest holders of tantalum resources in the world outside the Wodgina and Greenbushes deposits.
BUOYED by a big thumbs-up from the electorate, Prime Minister John Howard has further strengthened his position by appointing allies to key positions in the new cabinet and, in the process, sidelining Liberals aligned to Treasurer Peter Costello.
LOCAL research has revealed a ‘lip-service’ only approach to customer service is often bred within corporate cultures that are neither understood by management nor talked of openly and honestly by employees.
* 1847: Mr de Burgh builds a flourmill, known as the White House at the foot of Mt Eliza.* 1857: Architect and engineer Frederic Sherwood opens the original Swan Brewery in Sherwood Court.
A VOLUNTEER scheme to help visitors and shoppers in the Perth CBD is to be launched next month.The City of Perth wants volunteers to get its City-i program off the ground.
THE fortunes on all sides seemed to swing in Afghanistan this week, but one piece of good news was the freeing of Perth aid workers Diana Thomas and Peter Bunch after a three-month ordeal as prisoners of the Taliban.
AUSTRALIA’S banks and finance companies are often criticised for ‘overly aggressive’ lending practices, but the locals appear to be paragons of virtue compared with the US.
Former Metasource managing director Richard Beresford has left his appointment just six months after the launch of the Woodside renewable and sustainable energy subsidiary.
IN its November 15 edition, Business News published a story entitled “Privacy legislation may put the heat on cookies”. Business News has been advised this story contained several inaccuracies.
SMALL business placed the frequency and complexity of tax changes at the top of its priorities for the next Federal Government, according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
RETAIL trade is steadily growing according to September quarter figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, but Perth newcomer David Jones is taking nothing for granted, doubling the number of specials in its Perth Christmas catalogue.
THIRTEEN was anything but unlucky on Tuesday at Flemington. Ethereal, horse 13, won this year’s Melbourne Cup, crossing the line just ahead of Give The Slip after a flying gallop down the home straight.
THE introduction of an ethical ‘fund of funds’ by master fund manager AM Corporation marks another step forward in the emergence of Australia’s ethical investing industry.
US-BASED Resource Capital Funds plans to run a new Australian operation out of Perth after coaxing investment banker Ian Burvill away from NM Rothschild & Sons to head the new operation.
A FINE film by writer and director of the academy award winning Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore, will open the Italian Film Festival at Cinema Paradiso tonight.
PERTH’S CBD and even a southern suburb have become caught up in the global anthrax scares. Several office buildings, including the Telstra building on Stirling Street, were evacuated after receiving mail suspected of containing the bacterial agent.
STRONG petroleum prices and a depreciating Australian dollar brought about a 40 per cent increase in sales revenue despite a modest fall in the quantity sold last year.
PLENTY of experts have publicly analysed the uncertain economic times of past weeks, including PricewaterhouseCoopers senior economist (USA) David Gulley at the recent APPEA ACE Forum, and investors are being more than cautious.
