Staff Reporters

Local hydrocarbon explorer Hardman Resources NL, which is on track to spud its first gas well in late October, has also strengthened its corporate status.

BUSINESS and consumer confidence in electronic commerce will be enhanced with the recent formulation of an authentication council.

Americans, with their penchant for therapy speak would call it denial. We more plain speaking Australians would call it inexplicable, unfathomable contradiction.

In recent years the capital markets in Australia have been usurped by the federal government.

Perth businesses could be seriously underprepared for the introduction of the GST, a new survey has revealed.

AN AUSTRALIAN company has developed a real time credit card transaction technology that allows any web server or website to be turned into an electronic commerce gateway.

Perth-based junior mineral explorer Gallery Gold Limited has discovered a new gold province in a style similar to the Yilgarn region of Western Australia.

Hotmix Group provides Internet Services squarely focused on the needs of business.

PERTH-based software solutions company BMIS will soon provide the University of WA with training for JADE programming technology.

THE WA Tourism Commission's website has attracted more than 300,000 hits since its launch five months ago.

AN event designed to provide decisionmakers with a network of new leads and contacts showcasing WA products and services will take place at the Perth Entertainment Centre from 21 to 23 September.

Arborio rice – whether cooked in Italy or Australia – is the same. Good chicken stock is the same here as it is in Italy. The same can be said for fruit and veg.

WA students are tasting the business world through an employment program that closes the gap between education and work.

Perth-based junior Maiden, which is reaping the rewards of its labours in the East African state of Tanzania, has registered “significant” strikes at two prospects at its Jubilee Reef project in the Lake Victoria Goldfields.

DELIVERING results that improve the business environment for the property community continues to be the Property Council's key objective.

The supply of energy to a Gympie coffee plant has set a precedent for Kleenheat Gas Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Perth-based national agricultural and industrial group, Wesfarmers Limited.

Exploration worth an estimated $180 million is expected to be expended on seven offshore hydrocarbon permits issued to local and international bidders recently.

DESPITE growing crime statistics, it seems many people are waiting until their property has been stolen before taking action.

Driving down St Georges Terrace, have you ever wondered who owns all the buildings? Perth's CBD has 1,274,000 square metres of active office space housed in 186 buildings.

SOUTH East Metropolitan College of TAFE has won the Training Provider of the Year category at the recent WA Training Excellence Awards.

WOMEN in executive management roles earning more than $65,000 a year find work 25 per cent faster than their male counterparts on similar salaries according to a recent Morgan & Banks survey.

THE first WA-built fast ferries ever imported into Norway have been delivered to ferry operator Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap.

Consolidated Minerals Limited, the ASX-listed Pilbara-based manganese ore producer, has signalled its return to the international marketplace by shipping 38,500 tonnes of lump manganese ore.

The ill-fated date 9/9/99, which had techies sweating from banking to Qantas, has passed without a glitch.

AN INTENSIVE English (ELICOS) class at the Australian Institute for University Studies recently toured Joondalup Resort golf course to help practice their conversational English.

FEWER than a quarter of Australian businesses have staff with the critical skills and capabilities to guarantee an organisation's competitiveness, Drake Management Con-sulting research has found.

THE advent of ‘new generation' airliners could provide opportunities for Perth to grow as an airline destination, says aviation industry commentator Tom Ballantyne.

A leading Indonesian mining company, PT Aneka Tambang Antam, has developed strong ties with Australian companies to develop mineral resource in Indonesia.

A recent study titled Consumers@shopping, conducted by Consumers International, has indicated a real need for cyber rules when it comes to online shopping.

SHOPPING hours will be extended in the Perth metropolitan area during Christmas and New Year.

A LOCAL networking and Internet security company is throwing its hat into the Application Service Provider market at the inaugural Business to Business Trade Show.

RESEARCHERS at Curtin University have commenced a project to develop a new generation of drugs for treatment of HIV-AIDS, asthma and melanoma.