Western Australia has suffered the nation's biggest drop in confidence among small and medium enterprises, according to the Sensis Business Index for November.
Engineering and infrastructure firm GRD will be hit by a significant one-off charge after agreeing to sell its loss-making Australian waste treatment facility in a bid to boost its financial position.
Recession looms as growth drops close to zero; Listed WA companies drop $17bn; Hostile opposition to Qantas changes; Rudd plots bankroll plan; Varanus gas explosion rocks national accounts
TWO separate reports on the state's housing sector have painted another soft year as rate cuts and stimulus packages fail to resurrect the weakening industry.
HOW much is too much when it comes to executive remuneration, especially bonuses and termination payments? This is the vexing question that's challenging the investment community more than ever before, as the market slide makes it a widespread issue rathe
THE boom conditions in the resources, property and stockbroking sectors last financial year enabled nearly 20 Perth executives to earn cash bonuses of more than $500,000.
AN interest rate cut by the central bank failed to stem falls on the Australian share market, which closed 4 per cent lower after taking its cue from weaker global bourses.The benchmark S&P/ASX200
Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder has boosted his stake in the company by 220,884 shares valued at almost $4 million through an on-market acquisition by the trustee of the plan on behalf
THE ASX 200 Index is currently trading with a trailing price to earnings ratio of less than eight times historical earnings, while consensus estimates for the 2009 financial year earnings place the index on a forward multiple of 10.
THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia is urging small business owners to take stock of their finances and monitor cash flow as the usually busy summer period gets off to an unseasonably slow start.
CITIC Pacific Mining is on the recruitment drive for 100 workers across a variety of roles in a bid to get its Sino Iron magnetite project at Cape Preston in production by 2010.
THE Australian share market closed around 2.5 per cent weaker despite gains in resource giant BHP Billiton and a positive lead overnight from Wall Street.
AFTER much controversy in recent years surrounding the remuneration package for the position of director general of Health in Western Australia, this vital public sector role once again topped the list of public sector executive pay packets in WA.
AN interest rate cut by the central bank failed to stem falls on the Australian share market, which closed 4 per cent lower after taking its cue from weaker global bourses.The benchmark S&P/ASX200
MINING entrepreneur Andrew Forrest provides a classic illustration of how share options, which are a key part of many remuneration packages, can be extremely valuable, and quickly become worthless.
THE Australian share market finished November on a positive note, buoyed by bargain hunters snapping up shares in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, two days after the $100 billion takeover dissolved.
ENVIRONMENTAL performance bonds may be emerging as the latest source of angst for junior explorers and local miners, as tougher banking regimes and rising costs create a new hurdle to business in the minerals sector.
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THE chief executives of many of Western Australia's largest companies enjoyed substantial increases in guaranteed base income during the past financial year.
THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia is urging small business owners to take stock of their finances and monitor cash flow as the usually busy summer period gets off to an unseasonably slow start.
A GROUP of the state's big gas users have called on government to adopt a fiscal incentive package that will encourage domestic gas supply and reduce the current focus on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
THE global credit crunch has made a significant dent in Perth's commercial and retail sales for the year to November, with total sales value down 26 per cent on last year.
Wesfarmers Ltd managing director Richard Goyder has boosted his stake in the company by 220,884 shares valued at almost $4 million through an on-market acquisition by the trustee of the plan on behalf
THE Australian share market finished November on a positive note, buoyed by bargain hunters snapping up shares in BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, two days after the $100 billion takeover dissolved.
REMUNERATION packages for the non-executive chairmen of some listed companies in Western Australia continue to attract attention, with significant fees outlaid to keep these part-timers at the head of their respective tables.
