Staff Reporters

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.

THE proposed large increases in global steel production in WA have been welcomed by the Australian gas industry as a leading indicator of improved metals demand and a sign of economic recovery in the North East Asian markets.

WHILE CEOs acknowledge the importance of future business growth, they lack the ability to make it happen, a Drake Management Consulting survey has found.

A PERTH-based electronic retailing website that has been specifically designed for quick use will be launched in March.

INTERNET and information technology business Chrome Global has entered the application service provider market.

PLANS are underway for WRF Securities Ltd to launch an investment scheme in South Australia.

Austrade is the Australian Trade Commission – the Federal Govern-ment’s export and investment facilitation agency.

FOLLOWING the long line of WA resource companies moving into the telecommunications arena, AMX Resources has agreed to purchase 100 per cent of the issued capital of Semaphore Telecommunications.

A MERE two per cent of Australian businesses with an Internet presence reported a profit from transactions generated from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.

I had never been to Coco’s at South Perth until last week. In fact, I had hitherto avoided it.

AFTER a long and nail-biting wait, Hardman Resources NL has finally clinched the big deal that could result in the junior developing into a substantial producer.

“WAIT” is the advice from analysts with regards to Microsoft’s impending release of Windows 2000 – the long-awaited upgrade to the Windows NT operating system.

IT IS just on seven years since the Coalition Government was elected on a platform of bringing sound financial management to the State.