US fears hit global shares; Banks lift deposit rates to combat credit crunch; $35bn lost as shares tumble; Peet pays $300m for Alkimos land; Rio Tinto to start its own iron ore fleet.
Small brewers toast bumper Christmas; Woodside faces compo claims over gas debacle; Market faces $30bn sell-off on US falls; Rudd to axe Lib pledges; Car trouble: auto makers says it's all uphill.
Centro goes on the block; Great Southern new owner of E&T's flagship Gnangara vineyard; Drought relief to be tightened; Employers gear up to fight unions.
Volatile bourse forecast as US, Japan downturn looms; Base metals price slide tipped as supply lifts; Migrants fail citizenship test; Business bullies to be curbed.
ILUKA Resources will announce the retirement of Ian Mackenzie as chairman and a director of the company at its next annual general meeting, to be held in May 2008.
EXPLORATION companies Navigator Resources Ltd and CityView Corporation Ltd have successfully completed share placements to raise $5 million and $10 million, respectively.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I
NEDLANDS-BASED mining software developer, ISS Group Ltd, has signed a purchase agreement and subsequent four-year maintenance and support contract with BHP Billiton Nickel West for its BabelFish suite
Started in 1967, the West Australian Opera Company has become one of the state’s most celebrated arts companies, producing work of an international standard.
AS The Note trawled through the mile-long list of award recipients for the year, it came across a worthy winner, which is the talk of green-thumbs all over Perth.
THE MAC Services Group has been selected as preferred tenderer to build accommodation for more than 1,400 people in Karratha next year in a bid to ease the demand for short-term housing.
VDM Group Ltd executive director Stuart Cuthbert has decreased his indirect interest in the company - held by Redmont Resources Pty Ltd - through the on-market sale of 1 million shares valued at $2.7
LEN Buckeridge’s BGC Construction has won a $73 million contract for the development of a basketball and athletics complex at AK Reserve, to replace facilities at Perry Lakes stadium.
Rob Goffee, professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School, to speak at an Australian Institute of Management workshop titled ‘Why should anyone be led by you?’, February 12 at the Bu
CONTRACT labour hire firm Workforce Solutions has rejected claims by the recruitment industry lobby group that federal government changes to the 457 visa scheme had thrown the sector into disarray.
Neil Wandel has been appointed as chairman of grain handler and marketer, CBH Group, following the retirement of long–standing board member and chairman Tony Critch.
THE ‘Benjamin Franklin close’ (also known as ‘the balance sheet close’) is one of the classic old-time sales tactics used to close a sale. Never heard of it? The scenario is this.
