Staff Reporters

Jeff DowlingManaging partner Western Region Ernst & Young 

HOW much Australians are eating is not usually an area that interests business, except perhaps supermarket retailers and takeaway food companies.

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SHARES in Midwest Corporation Ltd surged last week on the back of Murchison Metals Ltd’s $939 million hostile takeover bid for the iron ore miner.

REMEMBER when you were in school and you got your report card? And you were so nervous that you didn’t open it, because you thought there were bad grades, and you just couldn’t look?

FOR those readers who like to keep fit on the Swan River foreshore and have ever had a stoush with a fellow cyclist or runner, rest assured – the risk of a near collision is about to be reduced.

Kim Snowball has been appointed CEO of the WA Country Health Service at the Department of Health.

PRELIMINARY work has begun on the Australian Fine China site in Subiaco, ahead of its redevelopment into offices and housing next year.

Amadeus Energy Ltd - Peter Lehle has been appointed as a director. Aurium Resources Ltd - Anthony Karam has resigned as company secretary, to be replaced by director John Geary.

SHELL Australia chairman, Russell Caplan, has resigned as a Shell-nominated director on the board of Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

John Gummer has been appointed CEO of the Asthma Foundation of WA.

NICKEL explorer Western Areas Ltd has discovered what it believes is a nickel deposit that could be as big as its Flying Fox deposit, which is about 400 kilometres east of Perth at its Forrestania pro

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Melissa Suric has joined has joined Engelhard Consulting as senior marketing consultant.

The Property Council of Australia (WA) is holding its annual sustainable development summit on October 23 at the Hyatt Regency.

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

Howard promises $34b tax cut; PBL defers planned denerger; AGL Energy slashes 2008 earnings outlook; Cape to sweeten $230m bid; Zinifex and Umicore to sell 70pct in Nyrstar.

Howard promises "right leadership", Rudd "new leadership"; CBH makes big step in shipping sector; Investors preparing for six weeks of uncertainty; Pratt under public scrutiny on price-fixing; Nine and Fox bid record $117m for 2010 and 2012 Olympics right

Balcatta-based technology investment company ST Synergy Ltd will buy the remaining 49 per cent of its major asset, Panorama Labs Pty Ltd, from the administrators of the company.

Midwestplays down relationship with Sinosteel; re-elected Howard would call referendum to recognise indigenous; $133.5b worth of Boeing delayed; best job figures could bring interest rate increase; WA mining leader says the state is asleep at the wheel

Murchison opens $938m bid for Midwest; World economy to be tested by the recent credit squeeze; QLD launches $654m rail funding; construction market plummets in August; Gorgon project granted environmental approval.

CCC says Burke and Grill did nothing illegal; Evans & Tate may have been insolvent before calling administrators; Howard and Brumby give Pratt support; Health Care attacks on Healthscope takeover plans for Symbion; Kintyre deposit in bidding war.

PERTH businesses FX Digital, CommtechWireless Pty Ltd and WAVE Engineering have won prizes in their respective categories at the 2007 WA Small Business Champion awards this week.

The Property Council of Australia (WA) is hosting a luncheon seminar on how the property funds management revolution is re-defining property investment in WA, October 19 at Burswood Entertainment Comp

ISS Group Ltd managing director Shane Atwell has increased his indirect interest in the company through the conversion of 6.2 million unlisted options valued at $1.5 million.

Change Corporation has appointed David Arnott, John Coppola and Rinku Banerjee as consultants, and Douglas Lim as associate consultant.

CABLE Beach Club Resort owner Hawaiian has expanded its reach in Broome with the recent purchase of the popular backpacker lodge, Kimberley Klub.

WHEN I say Justin Timberlake, what one word comes to mind? Singer? Rich? Celebrity? Sexy? All of those words are correct. Add a couple more: performer, musician, dancer, entertainer.

ROB Druitt has been re-elected as REIWA president following the first formal meeting with the newly elected council on October 4.

Greg Neill has been appointed a certified financial planner for Provident Financial Services.

BIBRA Lake-based Reclaim Industries Ltd has been awarded a $567,500 grant to establish a tyre recycling and re-processing facility in Adelaide, which it says will be the first of its kind in South Aus

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