EU seeks new data on BHP's Rio bid; Resilient economy may limit rate cuts; Developer cuts price for $461m of capital; US fund's collapse sends shiver through WA stocks; Dual economy to limit rate cuts
PERTH’S office market remains the tightest in the world and is becoming more expensive, with the city now ranked 18th internationally on rental rates, according to a report from Colliers International
The state's major political parties go to the polls this Saturday with very different election promises for Western Australia's businesses and industry.
When a high-profile business leader like Michael Chaney chooses to devote a major address to Perth's business leadership to the topic of schoolteachers, it's worth sitting up and taking notice.
I think we should all be very concerned about whether we are producing a future workforce with the necessary skills to compete successfully in an increasingly competitive world.
Data released last week by the Housing Industry Association showed new home sales in Western Australia fell 24.5 per cent during July – the largest fall of all the states.
The number of industry sectors involved in arts partnerships grew during the past year, with eight joint ventures across mining, banking and professional services acknowledged at the Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards in WA this week.
While the federal government's proposed emissions trading scheme has become a major worry for many industries, a growing number of companies are seeing the carbon offset credit market as a big opportunity.
Western Australian AWB Ltd director Colin Nicholl is under threat from chairman Brendan Stewart, who has called for the resignation of all directors who did not support the scrapping of the company's unusual dual-class share structure.
In a boost to its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, Macmahon Holdings Ltd has received acceptances from Ausdrill shareholders with nine per cent of the company's stock following the establishment of an institutional acceptance facility last week.
Land and mortgage sales in Western Australia have plummeted to historic lows, as the Master Builders Association of WA forecasts a slow down in the residential property sector in the short-term despite yesterday's rate cuts.
Two more rate cuts tipped by year's end; Libs say WA lost gas deal; Short shrift from Fortescue; Labor reveals polling 'shock' as major parties vie to be underdog; Chinese move on uranium
The battle between Oil Basins Ltd and Buru Energy Ltd, a spin-off from the merger of ARC Energy and Australian Worldwide Exploration, has heightened following a force majeure declaration over the Blina Back Reef Play joint venture.
The final outcome from the Golden West Resources Ltd extraordinary meeting will not be known for another two weeks, with a Federal Court judge today reserving his judgment.
There has been mixed reactions to the Reserve Bank of Australia's widely expected rate cut with most welcoming the news but others critical that it doesn't go far enough.
West Perth-based Azure Minerals Ltd has fallen short of its targeted $3 million capital raising with shareholders subscribing up to $1.3 million worth of shares through a share purchase plan.
Perth-based CO2 Group Ltd will shortly move to acquire the remaining shares in private eucalyptus planting firm The Oil Mallee Company of Australia Ltd, just a month after launching the takeover offer.
Perth-based CopperCo Ltd will move to acquire the remaining shares in investment house Mineral Securities Ltd after emerging with a 94.7 per cent stake following the close of its takeover offer.
BHP bid seen as a brake on Rio's expansion plans; Wong rebuffs business on emissions; Qantas handed warning on safety; Sage, Evraz at loggerheads; St George undervalued: investors
Oil and gas explorer Buru Energy had a positive start to trading on the ASX today, with its stock rising as high as 34 cents before closing at 30 cents.
Perth based Amcom Telecommunications has cleared a major overhang from its share register after Futuris Corporation agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake to a range of institutional investors.
A strong all-round performance in supporting small business clients has seen ANZ Bank take out the first-ever best value national award for small business banking, given by premier financial services research company CANNEX.
Western Australian publishing company, Aspermont, has recorded a net profit of $2.3 million for the year ending June 2008 and anticipates further growth after its recent $21 million acquisition of Mining Communications Limited (MCL).
Credit crunch strips $12bn out of profits; Liberals oppose BHP merger; Big supermarkets face ban on buying rivals; Fairfax journos return as bosses drop threats, offer pay rise; RBA cut to boost economy
Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd has posted a 121 per cent jump in net profit after tax of $6 million in its first full year as a listed entity.
Investor Duncan Saville's Ingot Entities has agreed to buy embattled ticketing company ERG Ltd which today posted a net loss of $103 million for the 2008 financial year.
Despite a volatile market in the second half of the 2008 financial year, the full year net profit in construction company Diploma Group Ltd has soared over 290 per cent, boosted by the early settlement of the Probuild joint venture agreement.
