After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.
The Australian dollar will hover between US90 cents and $US1.10 over the next five years, leading economist Stephen Koukoulas told a Perth audience this morning.
The share market has posted a significant fall as investors took profits and consider the possibility of the United States reducing its economic stimulus program soon.
The three-way bidding war for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has escalated, with Murray Goulburn now offering $505 million to trump Canadian bidder Saputo.
Oil and gas entrepreneur Peter Allchurch is set to become a major shareholder in Perth company TW Holdings after striking a deal to sell a Texas shale oil project to the listed company.
Mining services entrepreneurs Peter Bartlett and Ron Sayers face the prospect of a new trial next year after a jury was unable to reach a verdict on tax fraud charges.
Bhagwan Marine has entered a new partnership with an eastern states-based software group to streamline management and maintenance of the oil and gas industry services company’s fleet of 100 boats.
Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner is hopeful of improved market conditions in December but says the broader ad market remains short and unpredictable.
Fortescue Metals Group is continuing to accelerate its debt reduction by initiating repayment of nearly half of its $US2.04 billion in senior unsecured notes to its trustees that are due in 2015.
Perth-based Traka Resources has announced it has resolved to carry out a fundraising of up to $1.4 million for its ongoing West Musgraves copper and nickel project in central Western Australia.
The judge presiding over the trial of Barminco co-founder Peter Bartlett and Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers today ordered the jury to keep deliberating in a bid to reach a verdict.
It might be playing with fire to own a pair of asbestos gloves these days, but Colin Barnett should borrow a pair before finalising a red-hot deal to sell the Kwinana Bulk Terminal to building mate