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Shares in Incremental Petroleum have closed up nearly 23 per cent as suitor TransAtlantic Petroleum Corporation sweetens its takeover bid.

Energy and Minerals Australia says it is targeting 2013 to start uranium mining at its Mulga Rocks deposit in Western Australia.

An Extract Resources director facing the boot from a major shareholder has called for a meeting for the removal of two of his fellow board members.

The state opposition says hundreds of sustainable jobs could be created in Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun from the investment in a biomass power plant and wave technologies, rather than a $60 million road.

More good news for the state's property sector as new analysis reveals first home buyers in WA receive more in government incentives than any other state or territory, while quarter-on-quarter land sales in Perth jump 29 per cent.

Two major shareholders in Subiaco-based Red Fork Energy have spent a combined $1 million boosting their interests in the oil and gas explorer.

The proposed merger between Australasian Resources and billionaire Clive Palmer's Resource Development International is anticipated to take place next year as the latter re-schedules its listing plans.

Former Western Power managing director David Eiszele has been appointed as the new chairman of Verve Energy.

Battle lines drawn on $42bn plan; Fortescue to raise $77m for payouts; BHP slashes spending to combat metals downturn; Crisis picks up speed; GE Capital to axe 400 more jobs as part of revamp

SMALL business has been urged to manage their cash flow more carefully this year as the global economic downturn creates more financial pressure.

The outlook for WA is not as gloomy as some are predicting.

The downturn in managed investment schemes could hurt horticulture, while the carbon credit market is boosting forestry projects.

Proposed IR changes will have a major effect on businesses across the nation

THE past 12 months have been an unsettling time for truffle project manager Oak Valley Gourmet.

BHP Billiton’s Ravensthorpe closure again raises the issue of a fly-in, fly-out workforce

WITH a 160-year trade history, sandalwood is Western Australia's oldest export.

US Supreme Court ruling paved the way for financial meltdown.

CARBON credits have been a major growth area in the forestry sector, as companies move to exploit the market created by the federal government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, due for introduction in mid 2010.

THE Federal Court decision in favour of non-forestry MIS in an Australian Tax Office test case last December has substantially shortened the usual time allowed for project managers to put their annual programs together.

TALK about a baptism of fire.Shortly after taking over the top job from founder, John Young, Great Southern managing director Cameron Rhodes faced the challenge of not only negotiating the company through tough economic times, but also steering it through

AUSTRALIAN south sea pearl producer Arafura Pearls Holdings is preparing for its watershed 100,000 pearl harvest this year, having raised $20 million over the past four years through its managed investment scheme program.

FORTESCUE Metals Group has booked a $1.1 billion net profit in its first full half-year of mining.

PRIVATE port consortium James Point is growing in confidence that its plans for an expanded outer harbour at Cockburn Sound will win government support.

ASIA offers Western Australian winemakers a market ripe with potential, particularly for top-end produce, according to renowned wine critic James Halliday.

ZIRCON producer Australian Zircon has appointed Michael Kiernan (pictured) as a non-executive director. Mr Kiernan has mining expertise, both at an operation and management level.

TWO of the state's most recognisable brands have awarded media and creative contracts to agencies in Perth and in Sydney.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resources.

JASON Banks has been appointed as chair of the review of the state’s gas provisions.

IT might be just a small tweak to the left, but the state government's decision to go ahead with an extension to the northern rail line is likely to change the face of future suburbs all the way to Two Rocks.

THE Perth CBD is among the nation's most energy efficient business districts, with buildings in the precinct performing at levels above the Australian average in a number of key areas.

Brockman Resources managing director Wayne Richards has exercised $500,000 worth of options at nearly half the company’s share price.

THERE'S not much talk of the global economic downturn or falling commodity prices when you listen to companies with an interest in iron ore mining and infrastructure projects in the Mid West region.