Staff Reporters

“Oooh yeah, oh baby yeah,” percolated and spluttered through the wads of white chocolate cake the gen-Xer at the next table was cramming into his mouth. With shards of chocolate and gobs of cream erupting from the sides of his over-stuffed face, the objec

SATELLITE systems integration company New Skies Networks plans to create a Perth teleport for its IP-related services and satellite-based communications solutions.

Corks were popping on Brut bottles in the office of First Australian Resources NL with the company's discovery of gas in the US recently.

There is a saying amongst Internet veterans that “...speed is not everything...it is the ONLY thing”.

BUSINESS intelligence software solutions company Cognos has enhanced Peters & Brownes' supply chain network.

Finance and insurance is the most profitable industry according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The outlining of three cutting-edge developing nickel laterite projects was a highlight of the recent ALTA Nickel/Cobalt 2000 conference.

AS PART of its rapid expansion worldwide, e-business solution provider Xpedior has announced its plans to recruit locally and employ and train globally.

RT FILMS is to commence production of a film based on Tim Winton's Lockie Leonard novels in the near future.

Rationalisation in the WA Internet service provision industry has resulted in poor service to some WA Internet users.

LIDIA Sakarapani has come a long way for a twenty-two year old in the tough world of cordon bleu cuisine.

FOR SALE: Partly-completed bell tower, asking price $7 million (or near offer), apply R Court, 24th Floor, 197 St George's Terrace, or phone (08) 9222 9888.

THE Homestake Mining Company has a mission to position itself as a major gold producer, and has staked its future squarely on the precious metal, especially in Kalgoorlie where it has expanded operations at the Superpit.

PLANNING an annual general meeting can pose a headache.Blacksheep Productions have released a set of tips to help ensure an AGM runs smoothly.

WA-based satellite communications group Bincom Satellite Systems will launch pilot programs over the next few months using its VSAT technology to hook up three remote WA mining operations.

This year's $8.3 billion State budget is a responsible plan for the future of Western Australia.

WESTEL Group Limited has recently signed a contract with One.Tel Limited for the provision of local and freephone/local rate telephone number portability services by Westel's subsidiary Concentrix.

AN ONLINE photographic library service has opened a branch office in WA.

INDEPENDENT research house ASSIRT found National Australia Bank has consolidated its position in the funds management industry, receiving the number one ranking in terms of net inflows for the March 2000 quarter.

THE price of cobalt is forecast to slump with detrimentalconsequences for new cobalt-related projects in WA.

COBRA Resources NL's investment in Internet and telecommunications provider Global Dial has been sweetened by the news that it has been joined on the carrier's register by Singapore-based construction and property company Low Keng Huat Ltd, which will inj

Perhaps it was the shrine to Princess Diana, or maybe the portraits of Queens past and present on the walls. Maybe it was the sheer amplitude of glossy antiques, bric-a-brac, gilt, crystal, coloured glass, silver, mirrors and a hundred other rococo flouri

BARRON Entertainment and Network Ten have agreed to base the production unit for its new children's series, tentatively-titled Kat's Eye, at Ten's Dianella Heights facility.

OSMERE Ltd has relisted its post consolidation shares on the Australian Stock Exchange as Online Advantage Limited after finalising regulatory approvals for the change.

Lynas Corporation Limited – which recently changed its name from Lynas Gold NL – has made steady progress towards completion of a bankable feasibility study on its Mt Weld rare earths project in WA's Mt Margaret mineral field.

Two fire protection service providers have admitted misleading clients about services not provided, following investigations into the industry by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

A NEW definition of datacasting and a smoother transition to digital television for both industry and consumers are the key aims of new legislation introduced by the Federal Government.

PERTH-based Swiftel Pty Limited has placed itself in direct competition with newly merged Amcom Telecommunications Limited.

In spite of mining and processing operations at the Bulchina project continuing strongly, Troy Resources NL is pulling out of other peripheral prospecting interests.

Australia is the number one destination for Singaporean, Indonesian and Malaysian property investment funds sent overseas, Peter Thng of HSR Realtors told a joint Property Council of Australia and Chinese Chamber seminar recently.

So much has happened so fast in the past decade in respect of the emergence of the online economy that it is easy to forget some of the interesting responses we have confronted on this remarkable journey.

Deloitte Touche Tomatsu has acquired 20 per cent of the issued capital of Perth-based Eclipse Group.