Staff Reporters

WOOL marketing has gone digital with the launch of the first industry alliance between an electronic wool selling system, brokers and growers.

A PYRAMID scheme of epic proportions has been uncovered in a tropical paradise.

PERTH-based diamond explorer Majestic Re-sources NL will make a decision by June 2000 whether to undertake full scale mining on two targets on the Pniel Estate diamond project.

MORE than twenty telecommunication and engineering companies around the world are evaluating Wavenet’s wireless communication technology.

ALL Clear Water’s John Slisar has moved premises from his home office to a commercial office on Fitzgerald Street with help from Bartercard companies.

CAPRICORN Resources Australia shareholders have approved a major restructuring of the company, including the acquisition of B2B.net.

WHAT is being described as ‘the hardcore development roadshow for web, application and database developers’ will reach Perth next month.

The Westspeed Incentive Scheme has been introduced this season to reward thoroughbred racehorse owners when their horse wins a race.

A NEW corporate synergy is likely to emerge between WA engineering consultants Dames & Moore Pty Ltd and Woodward Clyde.

JUNIOR explorer Hallmark Gold NL is set to benefit financially from major base metal expansion being planned by Joseph Gutnick’s Centaur Mining & Exploration Limited.

WITH all the talk about how the Internet and electronic commerce will boost social and economic opportunities for Western Austra-lians in rural areas, the question on many people’s lips is: “when?”.

Bartercard has come a long way since Rod Brown and his wife, Barbara Cooper, bought the single WA franchise in 1994.

PERTH-based Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited, Italy’s only gold miner at Fuertei in the south of Sardinia, is expanding its corporate front by seeking listings on two international markets.

SPEED is critical in the fast-moving world of electronic commerce, according to US-based Interim Technology Strategic Solutions executive vice-president Bill Weathersby.

WA-BRED yearlings have attracted growing numbers of international buyers in the past few years, says WA Bloodhorse Breeders Association executive officer Veronica Jackson-Smith.

There has been much movement in Perth media circles of late.Eoin Cameron has moved from 6WF’s drive slot to 6PR. His producer Kate Pearson has also moved on.

BELMONT-based company Freiberg has almost completed the $170,000 fit out of its Zone screen system in the new TVW Child Health Institute.

The brains trust at the Australian Tax Office has come up with a new trap for the unsuspecting. It sends bills which behave like the magic pudding – they keep growing from the day they are posted and are incorrect from the day received.

In the beginning the Internet was developed in the US. By 1990, twenty-one other countries, including Australia, were also part of the network. By 1999, 217 countries were connected.

FURTHER gas exploration in WA’s southern Perth Basin could result in revenue of $2 million being generated annually for its partners.

Major Corporate managing director Gerald Major has been appointed industry representative to the Capital City Planning Committee.

Fremantle-based documentary production house Artemis International has secured a development deal with GranadaWest, the joint venture between Granada Media Group and ScreenWest.

ALL-in-one telephones with email and Internet access look set to be big business in 2000.

The Goose has managed to translate city style into a rural environment with more than a little style.It’s a rare culinary pit stop on the way to the vibrant restaurant scene of the Margaret River wine region.Confident interpretations of modern café fa

The Premier, Richard Court, discusses the prime position of Western Australia, big future role of Asia, and community developments.

BASE metals are having a mixed ride on the bourse, with the only exception being aluminium.

NOTEBOOKS are becoming increasingly lightweight and more powerful thanks to developments by chip manufacturers.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS infrastructure developer FiberTel has begun its national expansion.The WA-based company’s subsidiary, Amcom Telecommunications, has completed the first stage of the roll-out of a new broadband telecommuni-cations and data carriage net

A NETWORKING group for women working in the information technology sector will be launched in March.

A COLT by the great Danehill should break the WA yearling record at the Magic Millions sale says Magic Millions managing director Murray Tillett.

A NEW payment system that allows businesses to accept credit card payments using mobile or fixed-line telephones will be launched by EftNet on 1 March.

EXPLORATION focussed on the Sandstone greenstone belt by Troy Resources NL is producing spectacular results which could broaden the gold miner’s horizons.