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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.

A newly formed joint venture between Canning Vale-based Electrical Construction and Maintenance and Queensland's Goodline has won $80 million worth of contracts for the new berth in Port Hedland and the Sino iron ore project.

The redevelopment of Claremont Oval and its surrounds is set to go ahead after Planning Minister John Day tabled an amendment to a planning scheme in parliament.

Shares in West Perth-based Advance Energy jumped as much as 60 per cent in trading today following the announcement of its acquisition of ten producing wells covering 1,600 acres in Martin County, Texas for $US2.625 million.

Dwelling values in Western Australia have risen more than 4 per cent this year despite evidence that first home-buyers are fading from the market, a private sector survey has found.

Building approvals for WA appeared to be a mixed bag with total approvals up 1.3 per cent in August but approvals for the private sector down, new figures show.

Western Australian consumers joined the rest of the country in flocking back to the shopping malls in August, as the nation spent $19.8 billion without the aid of cash handouts from the government, new data shows.

Sandfire Resources has entered into an agreement with mining services and contracting company Mineral Resources regarding the exploration and development of manganese ore at its Borroloola Project in the Northern Territory.

The building watchdog has thrown its support behind CBI Constructors in legal action against more than 100 workers who went on an eight-day strike last year at the North West Shelf expansion project.

West Perth-based electrical engineering company LogiCamms has completed its merger with Brisbane-based engineering firm, Process Essentials, as part of plans to secure larger, higher value contracts originally announced to the market in July.

Magellan Metals says it has exported its first sealed shipments of lead carbonate through the Fremantle port, with the cargo destined for a Yunnan Metallurgical Group smelter in China.

Directors of Herald Resources have unanimously recommended shareholders accept an increased offer of 93 cents per share from its majority shareholder, Jakarta-based PT Bumi Resources' wholly-owned investment vehicle, Calipso Investment Pte Ltd.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has renewed its push for extended retail trading hours, today launching a campaign urging the public to contact their local member of parliament.

Perth-based Po Valley Energy has raised $8.5 million in an oversubscribed placement and plans to raise more through a share purchase plan.

Mining magnate attacks 'racist' treatment of Chinese; Delay for Forrest's $7bn loan; $12m bill for Lynas chairman; Port Bouvard hoses down big debt rollover concern; Reserve Bank warns on house prices

Lynas Corporation plans to raise up to $450 million from institutional investors for a concentration plant at Mt Weld outside Laverton and an advanced materials plant in Malaysia following a failed funding deal with a Chinese mining outfit.

Groups seeking to take over the assets of failed agribusiness provider Great Southern have been asked if they are prepared to finance the projects from Thursday onwards, as emergency funding runs out.

Two board members of motorcycle manufacturer, Vmoto, including chairman Lee Verios, have resigned from their positions, effective immediately.

Discount retailer The Reject Shop will open a further four new stores in Western Australia by November as part of a broader state plan to open a record 22 stores in the first half of 2009/10.

Asset management firm PearlStreet has accepted a recapitalisation proposal that will result in private equity firm Catalyst Investment Managers taking a 63 per cent stake in the company.

The environmental watchdog has given its go-ahead for the construction of a new 500 boat capacity marina at Rockingham, saying it was unlikely to impact on the local environment.