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International law firm Allen & Overy has secured local energy and resources lawyer, Angus Jones from leading Australian outfit Allens Arthur Robinson enhancing A&O's Perth-based energy group.

Agricultural investment group AACL will no longer require financial support from CBH Grain after securing an important funding and marketing deal worth almost $30 million with Glencore Grain for the 2010-11 season.

Shares in building products, sugar and energy group CSR Ltd rose strongly on Monday after the company said it had found a buyer for its sugar and renewable energy business for $1.75 billion.

The state government's $300 million Perth Waterfront project has moved a step closer to reality following Cabinet's consideration of the business case, supporting critical decisions enabling the project's progression.

Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett has retained his popularity, emerging streets ahead of Labor Opposition Leader Eric Ripper as preferred leader, the latest Newspoll shows.

The decline in the number of exhibitors taking part in the third annual Good Food & Wine Show at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm being shown by local foodies in attendance on the event's first day.

The state government has reached an agreement with the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation allowing it to make land available for development in Karratha.

WA-based West African gold explorer Gryphon Minerals has announced a friendly all-scrip takeover bid for fellow West African gold player Shield Mining.

THE dampening effect of post-crash market volatility on conventional merger and acquisition activity has left many playmakers looking to backdoor opportunities for corporate action.

IT is not often that a move by one person can shake up a marketplace but the defection earlier this year of Michael Ashforth to Macquarie Capital from Gresham has had a big impact.

WESTERN Australian builders are experiencing teething problems with the transition to new builders' warranty insurers, which the industry expects will result in higher costs for property buyers as the market adjusts to the withdrawal of the sector's large

THE Australian Institute of Architects has named Saint Mary's Cathedral at Victoria Square the outstanding Western Australian building project of 2010.

THE Town of Claremont has moved a step further towards the revitalisation of underused land between the train station and Claremont Oval, with the Western Australian Planning Commission approving the structure plan for the Claremont north-east precinct on

DESPITE an increased focus on homelessness by both state and federal governments of late, services in Fremantle are bursting at the seams, with needs growing beyond the capacity of financial support.

A historic York hotel is focusing on high-end quality as its marketing point of difference. Russell Quinn reports.

There is a ‘new normal' that besets the global economy, challenging the traditional approach to wealth creation and affecting us all.

New prime minister Julia Gillard needs to show her hand on key policy issues ahead of the election.

Australia's new PM, like all Western leaders, faces a rocky road ahead.

A new prime minister presents miners with a final chance to control their destiny when it comes to tax.

Julia Gillard has plenty of work to do to ensure victory at the next federal election.

CONSTRUCTION contractors John Holland and Broad Construction are among the winners from the surge in government and mining company spending on infrastructure in regional Western Australia.

Uncertainty has clouded the M&A market in recent months, putting a lot of work on hold.

PATERSONS Securities and Macquarie Capital Advisers have topped WA Business News' survey of Western Australian capital raisings, with each firm involved in transactions worth just over $1 billion.

Two Perth developers, Cedar Woods and Jaxon, are among nine developers to have successfully bid for land in the Pilbara Cities initiative at South Hedland.

A new survey has found the confidence of Western Australian employers has taken a hit for the first time since the beginning of last year.

West-Perth based Atlantic has announced plans for a $55 million capital raising to fund construction and commissioning of the Windimurra vanadium project in Western Australia.

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is urging the Federal Government not to step back from its budget announcement that it will gradually increase the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) to 12 percent.

The state government has launched a $20 million plan to double the population of the Pilbara town of Newman to 15,000.

Sirtex Medical has been awarded $2.6 million in its damages claim against former University of WA scientist Bruce Gray.

FUNDING is a perennial bugbear for not for profits – how to get more money, securing ongoing funding in order to make future projects viable, and attracting funds from individuals and corporations in a field crowded with worthy causes.

Guildford's Rose & Crown Hotel has undergone a significant upgrade during the past six years, but owners Mark and Tracey Weber haven't finished yet. Russell Quinn reports.

The mining boom has accentuated a new kind of fiscal discipline on governments, with electorates seemingly demanding a link between windfall gains and concrete objects.