Staff Reporters

PETER Millington’s position as acting chief executive of the Fisheries Department has been rescinded, after the Corruption & Crime Commission found that he tipped off a suspected illegal fisherman

CHURCHLANDS gourmet food store The Herdsman has shelved a $3.7 million expansion plan in Claremont because of the current economic crisis.

THE competition watchdog says it will not intervene in the acquisition of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd shares by its largest shareholder and suspected predator, Seven Network Ltd.

METALLURGICAL testing firm Ammtec Ltd has announced that it does not expect to sell its 68.5 per cent interest in a US company anytime soon after a $29 million deal to offload the interest fell throug

THE Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the official cash rate by 75 basis points to 5.25 per cent, its lowest level since March 2005.

HOW’S this for an economic indicator?

FIVE years ago, Eric Zuziak made a few minor changes to his website to be more visible to potential clients in other countries.

NOMAD Building Solutions Ltd chairman Geoff Allen (pictured) has announced his retirement after over two years in the role, effective at the company annual general meeting last week.

New WESTERN Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has had to deal with a heated lobster fishing industry after new plans to restrict the commercial and recreational catch of western rock lobster

BELMONT Business Enterprise Centre manager Carol Hanlon has been awarded the Australian Taxation Office Award for Best Business Enterprise Centre manager in Australia.

Work to start on Victoria Quay A START will be made in the first half of 2009 on one of Perth’s most controversial construction projects, the commercial precinct at Victoria Quay overlooking the Frema

THE slowdown in China has forced Mount Gibson Iron Ltd to raise extra capital, slash 190 jobs and sell iron ore at less than half of benchmark prices.

IN a past lost in the mists of time, corporate visitors used to differentiate Aussie cities by their entertaining habits.

West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd has posted a lift in profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, despite a weaker advertising market.

Allco crashes under $1bn debt burden; Receivers to take over ABC Learning; White knight tip emerges in battle for Mt Gibson control; ETS modelling under fire; Telstra issue broadband ultimatum

Delay carbon plan, warns RBA director; Hundreds of jobs go as crisis hits miners; Stamp duty slump hits state budgets; Housing, retail downturn boost case for rate cut; China demand slowing, admits Rio

Stockbroking firms DJ Carmichael & Co and Montagu Stockbrokers have revealed they are in merger discussions, according to a report.

Perth has recorded the biggest fall in house prices over the past year as latest figures from the Australian Bureu of Statistics confirm a slowdown in the national housing market.

Western Australia has recorded the biggest drop in newspaper job advertisements for October, in line with the national decline as firms shied away from hiring staff in a slowing economy, a survey says.

Talks start on WA uranium mining; China output slows as exports fall; Vale set to slash iron ore output; Jobs to go as squeeze hits car dealers; Unions shape up for Telstra strike action

West Perth-based Industrial Minerals Corporation Ltd will explore funding arrangements for the development of its $67 million US project after its joint venture partner pulled out.

Queensland IT company Cellnet Group Ltd said it will close its Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide product distribution warehouses in a bid to focus on computer server work provided by IBM and Microsoft.

Westpac outshines its rivals; RBA plays down fears of recession; Wesfarmers seeks €3b to cover Coles debt; Miners pull projects as prices drop; Bills go up $365 as LNG hit hard

Wesfarmers Ltd has taken steps to allow it to access capital from international markets with the establishment of a near $6 billion Euro Medium Term Note program.

Two days after placing itself into voluntary administration, Tamaya Resources Ltd has today appointed receivers.

Furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings Ltd says uncertainty in the market will make it difficult to provide specific earnings guidance, but it will continue to roll out its expansion plans including four new stores in Western Australia.

Early action to tackle climate change will reduce gross national product by just a tenth of a per cent a year, with the economy continuing to grow strongly, the federal government says.

Minara paints grim picture as it seeks $210m; PM's investor rescue plan gets the thumbs down; WA seeks federal backing for port; Watchdog clears Stokes' Seven for a 'hypothetical' tilt at WAN; Shareholders shirty as pub group misses forecast

FORMER Great Central Mines chief Joe Gutnick has been appointed executive chairman of North Australian Diamonds, replacing John Hopkins who has stepped down as chairman but will remain a non-executive

Abra Mining Ltd Kenneth Street resigned as director.

IF you were losing confidence in US banks then this unsolicited email we received, ostensibly from Bank of America, may not help.“This is a test of the emengency Public Relations system,” the email st

NEWCREST Mining Ltd said it will cut 400 jobs at its Telfer gold mine in Western Australia as part of its cost reduction program.