Staff Reporters

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.

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.

CHANGES to the old tax effective investment prepayment system as a result of Ralph II is the most significant factor affecting the majority of this year's blue gum projects, says Norgard Clohessy Equity managing director Ken Richards.

ANNOUNCING State Government service fees and charges is usually a relatively simple exercise around Budget time each year.

A significant offshore gas discovery adjacent to the Gorgon field in the Carnarvon Basin of the North West Shelf has boosted WA's gas inventory considerably.

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BUSINESSES should already have a GST implementation strategy in place, says chartered accountant and Entrepreneur Business Centre GST expert Anton Gaudry.

WARNER Bros. animation experts will present a talk at the Film and Television Institute in Fremantle on 5 May.

WA BUSINESSES are being called on by the WA Government to play a part in the creation of better communities.

PILBARA Mines subsidiary Request DSL has formally been accepted into the unconditional local loop (ULL) trial by Telstra.

Sniff carefully as you walk past the stock exchange Ð there is an unmistakable odour in the air. ItÕs the smell of burning money and rotting companies.

THE WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry has heavily criticised the $15 a week federal award pay rise recently granted by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.