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Engineering and construction services company Forge Group says it has started the year with a strong order book as it upgrades its interim earnings forecast by 21 per cent against its previous projections.

Shares in Aurora Minerals have climbed slightly after announcing it is in discussions with its 53 per cent-owned subsidiary Desert Energy to enter into a joint venture on its wholly-owned Camel Hills Project in central Western Australia.

The state government has signed a $42 million deal with a property development consortium to develop a 10-hectare site in Newman for urgently needed residential and short-term tourism accommodation in the Pilbara.

Perth's office vacancy rate has increased slightly to 8.2 per cent and will continue to rise this year as further supply is added to the market, new figures show.

Shares in Cape Lambert Resources have dropped after it today withdrew the initial public offer of spin-off Q Copper Australia due to "recent adverse market conditions".

Fortescue Metals Group says it will vigorously defend an appeal the corporate watchdog has lodged regarding a ruling that found in favour of the miner and its chief, Andrew Forrest.

Shares in internet provider iiNet surged after it today won a drawn-out legal battle against Hollywood movie studios over illegal downloads.

A new player on the Northbridge restaurant scene is determined to bring families back to the city. Adam Orlando reports.

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Australia’s corporate governence framework rates highly, a new report has found.

The Reserve Bank’s latest interest rate decision caught markets by surprise but should not change any business or investment decisions.

The after-shocks of the GFC could be extremely painful.

An upswing in M&A activity is on the cards.

Climate politics helped grow the seeds for the Liberals’ near collapse.

WA farmers are playing catch-up in canola while the rest of their sector remains GM free.

PYTHONESQUE humour might have had the managed investment scheme sector crying out “I’m not dead, yet”, but there really is life in the industry despite the dramatic and near-terminal events of 2009.

It’s not just the collapse of agribusiness schemes in the southern tip of WA that is affecting the region.

UNDERLYING demand in Perth’s CBD office market is set to be boosted by the return of institutional investors in 2010, while supply constraints will ensure the office vacancy rate does not reach its forecast levels of 15 per cent, according to a leading ma

THE youth, welfare and community services sectors will be keeping a close eye on a pay equity test case to be lodged under the federal government’s new Fair Work system.

The state government has approved the appointment of members to the new Kimberley Regional Planning Committee which it said would play a vital role in developing regional priorities and policy settings for the region.

Shares in real estate and property development outift Cedar Woods Properties climbed more than 7 per cent today after announcing a stronger than expected first half result and a full year profit forecast of approximately $15 million.

Nickel miner Panoramic Resources is forecasting to be back in the black, today lifting its interim profit guidance to $20 million compared to the $8.6 million net loss it booked the previous year.

Residential land in the South West region of the state is among the 10 most expensive regions across the country as land prices in Perth dipped 0.7 per cent in the September quarter, a new report shows.

Shares in Navitas were higher after the education service provider executed a 10-year deal with the University of Newcastle to establish the Newcastle International College.

Housing groups and mortgage brokers have been joined by the federal government in welcoming the central bank's decision to leave the official interest rate unchanged, the former saying it is an opportunity to see the effect of previous increases.

Listed property developer Finbar has been drawn into the collapse of a Japanese-owned language college GEOS, which was a big commercial tenant of the group.

Perth-based PRM Property Holdings has been chosen to partner with LandCorp to construct 100 homes at the Bluff Point suburb within Geraldton in preparation for the $4 billion Oakajee deepwater port and rail project.

Shares in Western Areas rose after the nickel miner said it had exceeded its calendar 2009 production target and made a strong start to 2010.

The administrator of GEOS Perth says the school will not be re-opened, displacing nearly 500 international students enrolled in English language courses at the school that operates out of St Mark's International College in Highgate.

Perth-headquartered agribusiness AACL Holdings expects to list on the Australian Securities Exchange later this month as it opens its $11 million initial public offer.

The residential property sector in Perth appears to be on the cusp of another boom with a housing group forecasting a recovery in detached housing starts this year while a new house price gauge surged 11.5 per cent over the past year.

Perth-based Phosphate Australia is considering a $226 million slurry pipeline option for the development of its Highlands Plains project that straddles the border of Queensland and Northern Territory.