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The University of Western Australia has taken its long-running legal dispute with Dr Bruce Gray, a former staff member and founder of profitable biotechnology company Sirtex Medical, to the High Court.

Timber company Gunns has put itself into the bidder's circle for Great Southern's assets, a day after it lost its bid for Timbercorp's forestry assets to a US-based company.

Westralia Airports Corporation, the owner of Perth Airport, has secured $882 million in debt and equity to refinance existing bank facilities and fund expansion plans.

The number of Western Australian business rated as a high risk of failure has risen from a year ago despite signs suggesting the economy is on the mend, new analysis shows.

The Russell Barnett-chaired pharmaceutical company Freedom Eye is set to become a uranium player after it agreed to acquire a project near Meekatharra from Empire Resources.

Jameson Resources will divest its Ora Banda gold assets near Kalgoorlie to Subiaco-based Winchester Resources, which is planning a $2 million initial public offer.

Perth-based Pacific Energy has signed a deal with OM Holdings to acquire and boost capacity of an existing power station at the latter's Bootu Creek manganese mine in the Northern Territory.

Less than four months after dropping a takeover proposal for Buru Energy, director Eric Streitberg is set to take the helm of the company as former Western Australian minister Peter Jones joins the board.

Newmont Mining Corporation has poured first gold at the $US3 billion Boddington gold mine, and trucked its first shipment of copper concentrate to the port in Bunbury.

Takeover target PearlStreet has rejected a proposed $42.1 million cash takeover bid by Campbell Brothers, which was conditional on a recommendation from the target's board.

The global economic downturn coupled with two major acquisitions has pushed the bottom line of Patersons Securities into the red, with the Perth stockbroking firm recording a net loss of $389,238 for the 2009 financial year.

IMF warns on borrowing risk; Timbercorp's assets sold; Watchdog may nip NAB; Labor plans big projects overhaul; WA sees big influx of foreign businesses

Western Australia’s exporters have defied the global downturn to deliver another record performance in 2008-09. So who are the key players behind the numbers?

THE social calendar is littered with cocktail fundraisers, charity balls, and other gala events designed to keep not-for-profit organisations in business.

TWO Western Australian interior design projects were commended at the Design Institute of Australia's state awards last week.

The big difference between setting up a pizza shop in Scarborough and running one in Kalgoorlie is the scenery. Dan Wilkie reports.

WESTERN Australia is ranked ahead of all states in terms of the number of laws imposing liability on directors, and it's a regime the Australian Institute of Company Directors fears could deter business investment in the state.

Many winemakers suggest their passion for wine courses through their veins but few have the pedigree to prove it.

MANY people associate business fraud with sophisticated scams targeting large companies, but the reality is usually very different.

ITALIAN renaissance scientist Galileo Galilei is purported to have said "to count what is countable, measure what is measurable, and what is not measurable, make measurable".

SMALL to medium-sized enterprises are poised to become significant winners in the proposed changes to research and experimental development tax concessions, according to KPMG partner, indirect taxes, Phil Renshaw.

We need to regard our city as a human ecological system whose health is measured in terms of behaviour and social outcomes.

The cloud hanging over car dealers has dispersed, as conditions improve.

A stronger Australian currency will pose major challenges in the year ahead.

Three investors are seeking legal redress from the now-defunct company that licensed one of the major Firepower promoters.

Getting the bureaucratic balance right is a challenge for the red tape task force.

TEACHING is widely regarded as a recession-proof profession.And it appears those companies that turn a profit from private education have also come out largely unaffected by the economic downturn.

The voices of dissent over what’s accepted as climate science are getting louder.

THE agricultural sector may have surrendered its status as the driving force behind Western Australia's export growth, but it continues to be a major contributor to the state.

Financial markets are important but can sometimes get too much attention.

EXPANSION of Western Australia's port capacity remains a high priority for local industry, despite the dampening impact of the global economic crisis.

GOLD has always been a safe haven for investors in times of trouble and uncertainty.