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PERTH'S sporting and business community have helped raise more than $85,000 for the David Wirrpanda Foundation at this year's PricewaterhouseCoopers Cool Night Classic.

Copper and gold miner Ivanhoe Australia is to tap investors for $80 million to help repay a loan and fund infrastructure and exploration projects.

Eric Ripper has plenty of credibility on economic matters, so the issues raised in his final address to parliament are worth paying attention to.

Western Australia's economy continues to drive that of the nation, with official figures released today showing the state grew by a record 6.7 per cent in 2011-12.

At last the premier has something to hang his hat on - a $700 million investment in the Ord.

Australian stocks are weaker, with falls among the major resources-linked sectors leading the broader market lower.

The owners of capital are looking for maximum returns, and if sending work offshore is one way to achieve that, then more local jobs will go.

Most annual shareholder meetings are fairly pointless, but two held last week showed they can still deliver value.

Perth writer Hal Colebatch has released a biography of one of Australian politics' great change agents.

ABOUT 260 Deloitte employees swapped the office for the outdoors last Friday as part of the Deloitte Impact corporate volunteering day.

THE most misused word in sales will surprise you; it's ‘value'.

THE sentiment ‘if China sneezes, Australia catches a cold' is often expressed by markets pundits and in the boardrooms of companies Australia wide; and Perth in particular.

David Jones' first quarter sales rose by 0.3 per cent and the retailer says second quarter sales are so far following a similar trend.

US stocks have closed near breakeven, clawing back from losses after Hewlett-Packard reported a huge charge for an acquisition, offsetting fresh data signaling recovery in the housing market.

THE Perth Diocesan Trustees has added an $85 million office and retail development to its CBD projects pipeline.

AS careers go, the journey from corporate lawyer and political staffer to heading a new foundation focused on ending what is called ‘modern slavery' is clearly an uncommon one.

WHEN philanthropy in Western Australia is debated in the context of the wealth created during boom times, the example of the Fogarty Foundation often crops up.

Greater public exposure has helped lift community engagement with, and funding to, the not-for-profit sector.

What started as a conversation between friends has resulted in Crib Lane, a new affordable and casual tapas-style eatery in the city.

Listed companies and their advisers will need to be nimble to adapt to the changing dynamics of project funding.

FORMER Peppermint Grove deputy shire president and local property developer Peter Bacich has been declared bankrupt in the wake of a number of his companies going into liquidation.*

If all goes to plan, the Ord River irrigation area will attract $700 million of private investment, but there is a long way to go before that happens.

Traffic in Perth is getting a push in the right direction with the launch of padded vehicles to clear breakdowns from the Graham Farmer Freeway tunnel.

International maritime design and engineering consultancy BMT Group has acquired Western Australia-based Oceanica Consulting.

The Australian dollar is higher on improved sentiment around fiscal challenges faced by the US and Europe.

The consumer watchdog has launched Federal Court action against several Harvey Norman franchisees, alleging they misled consumers on their rights.

Many companies are improving productivity by making greater demands on workers without providing additional resources, a survey has found.

Australian stocks closed firmer amid optimism about the US tackling its deficit problems but underperformed offshore leads out of America and Europe.

Virgin Australia has blamed uncertain economic conditions and strong airline competition for its reluctance to give firm profit guidance for the year ahead.

Major retailers have fired the start gun on a pre-Christmas sales war, with online shopping at the vanguard of efforts to lure price-savvy consumers.

The likely inclusion of the Australian dollar in an obscure survey of central bank holdings of foreign exchange has been hailed as a feather in the currency's cap.

IT services group Empired has won a long-term, multi-million contract with engineering and construction contractor NRW Holdings.