Staff Reporters

THE STIRLING Business Association celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner Rendezvous Observation City Hotel.

LIKE business names and trade marks, domain names are now a valuable component of a company's marketing and promotional strategy.

Union Capital Limited, which has been focusing attention on exploration in Papua New Guinea and Queensland, is about to clinch a deal which could lead to development of a large base metals mine in Iran.

A recent study released by Nielsen Media Research showed that click-through rates for banner ads had dropped from 2 per cent to 0.5 per cent, and just months ago many were engraving tombstones for the five year old banner.

UNIVERSITY students have developed a software system for a WA clothing store.

Tension between the top two Liberal politicians in WA could bubble to the surface again soon over the oddest issue, China. Specifically, which China?

Has the long drought ended in the Victoria Petroleum NL camp?This is the question on the minds of analysts watching the current round of exploration by VicPet and its United States affiliate, Kestrel Energy Inc.

MODEM-free access to the Internet and advanced office technologies will soon be available in many of Perth hotels.

EDITH Cowan University's visual arts students recently put on a fashion parade showcasing their experimental talents.

Poor literacy and numeracy skills have been identified as a major reason why young people are increasingly opting out of trade apprenticeships in WA.

WA INTERNET and information technology company Chrome Global has opened its public float with twenty million shares available at 25 cents each.

THE SUBIACO Hotel has won the best restaurant category in the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence against stiff competition.

WEST Perth-based Nido Petroleum Limited – formerly known as SOCDET – has picked up a 40 per cent option in the Zhongyuanrehabilitation project in Central China which could result in an oil cash flow by mid-2000.

PERTH-based eftpos service provider EftNet has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

RECENT announcements indicate some very positive developments in Western Australia's resource sector.

Cable Beach Inter-Continental Resort Broome's signature restaurant Pandanus has won the best fine dining venue category at the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.

Croesus Mining NL has intersected a new high-grade gold mineralisation zone at its Fort William deposit at Binduli, where spectacular hits have been made at quite shallow depths of less than 80 metres.

PERTH'S Ipex is the first in the world to demonstrate a product that marks the beginning of the end for proprietary server platforms.

The growing reliance on electronic communication is causing many people to form bad writing habits.

BEING a ‘people person' is the key to enjoying a career inhospitality, says Rendezvous Observation City Hotel senior guest reception officer Jill Duncan.

A potential $1 billion development of the nickel industry in Western Australia could make the State the world's leading nickel producer within five years.

The Deen has grabbed attention at the 1999 Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence with its futuristic artwork, winning the best bar presentation and service category.

WHILE WA rates second as the most popular tourist destination for Australians next to Queensland, competition remains fierce between industry players vying for the tourist dollar.

The Internet is revolutionising the means by which we consumeproducts.

ALBANY-based Supersorb Minerals NL is positioned for major expansion into multi-billion dollar markets in the eastern states and overseas.

MARGARET River's Leeuwin Estate Winery and Broome's Eco Beach Resort were winners in the 1999 Australian Tourism Awards held recently in Melbourne.

AFTER acquiring a huge slice of Western Australia in the Sandstone district, Troy Resources NL is now selecting drill targets for the coming year.

SOFTWARE Engineering Australia has donated translation software to Murdoch University for its Senate Room.

BACK in 1995, Nicholas Negro-ponte in his book Being Digitalsuggested the greatest single obstacle to the roll-out of the information economy was the vast army of digitally homeless CEOs and senior managers.

Cconrads executive chef Lee Martin has been recognised as the best kitchen services employee in the recent Australian Hotels Association Awards.

PERTH-based Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited, buoyed by the gold price recovery and exploration success, is planning a second gold mine in Sardinia.

AUSTRALIA'S first Initial Public Offering sponsored solely by an Internet stockbroker closed heavily oversubscribed in four days.