Staff Reporters

AUSTRALASIAN Gold Mines NL has entered into a formal agreement to acquire 40 per cent of WirelessNet Pty Ltd.

Perth-based Gindalbie Gold NL, which made its mark with the Two Boys gold mine near Kalgoorlie, is progressing towards commissioning a full feasibility into developing a stand-alone mill on its Minjar project in the South Murchison mineral fields.

Building owners and telecommunications companies are gradually reaching agreements on access to enable installation of telecommunications facilities.

FOUR WA scientists have each received a $100,000 boost from the WA Government.

PILBARA Mines NL telecommunications subsidiary Request DSL Pty Ltd has secured a telecommunications carrier licence, making it the third WA-based telco carrier.

Plans are well underway by Compass Resources NL to develop its Browns polymetallic resource in the Northern Territory.

INTERNET banking is helping small-to-medium enterprises save time and energy, according to Small Business Development Corporation managing director George Etrelezis.

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.

WA is well on the way to becoming a leading exporter in renewable energy technology, according to Federal Environment Minister Robert Hill.

Expectation is running high in the Hardman Resources NL camp on a favourable outcome of the Colombo#1 well currently undergoing gas testing in Italy.

If you doubt that the smell in the air is cash burning, take your nose to New York.

WELL-KNOWN Australian medical supplier Gradipore is poised to enter an international market valued at US$10 billion after developing a platform it believes will revolutionise the industry.

HOLLYWOOD productions are trickling into Perth thanks to local company RookPark Pty Ltd.

FRENCH champagne producer Comte de Lantage will expand its marketing operations throughout Australia following its success in the WA market.

A THINK-tank mentality is a must for e-business solution providers that want to be truly visionary, says Xpedior regional manager (WA) Hamish Jolly.

AUSTRALIA'S unemployment rate should fall to about 6.1 per cent by the last quarter of 2001, according to the latest Western Australian Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends, which is published jointly by Curtin University of Technology and the University

RECENTLY, the French Govern-ment, in an attempt to reduce high unemployment, introduced a compulsory thirty-five hour work week.

Aurora Gold Limited has unveiled a strong March quarterly performance on a number of fronts in spite of illegal squatters hampering output on some of its mines in Indonesia.

DOMAIN name owners should be aware their precious asset could be up for grabs if re-registration notifications are ignored.

Henderson-based WaveMaster International launched Australia's largest exported aluminium monohull ferry to Europe recently, one week ahead of schedule.

INVESTORS should concentrate on making a profit rather than minimising tax, says Newman Partners partner Glenn Trinick.

A DELEGATION of more than twenty WA-based companies led by Attorney General Peter Foss recently attended a major investment and export development conference in the US.

A glimmer of light is emerging at the end of WA's exploration tunnel, following the first major downturn in more than ten years.

DESPITE fears over the cost of compliance to small operators, the introduction of the GST will have minimal impact on the growth of the franchising industry.