As the University of Western Australia seeks leave to appeal to the High Court over a blow to its intellectual property rights, universities and employers nationwide are wondering what they need to do to avoid a similar fate.
LIKE Perth's CBD, the suburban shopping centre landscape has been defined in 2009 by an abundance of new retail space becoming available to the market.
LIMITED opportunities at Perth's premier strip shopping locations will keep rental values at current levels, as existing retailers hang onto their leases and rarely choose to exit the coveted locations.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has today opened the Newman mining hub, a key component of BHP Billiton Iron Ore's $US1.85 billion Rapid Growth Project Four.
Woodside Petroleum will raise $US700 million through the issue of corporate bonds in the United States to repay short-term debt and general corporate purposes.
Shares in Forge Group have surged as much as 21 per cent after it reported record revenue of $60 million for the first quarter and forecast a 135 per cent increase in its first-half net profit.
PTTEP Australasia says it will wait for expert assessment on damages over its Timor Sea oil leak saga, which is estimated to have cost the company more than $170 million, before deciding on whether it will resume production in the future.
Shares in North Coogee-based Quickstep Holdings have soared as much as 71 per cent in trade today following the announcement of an agreement struck with Lockheed Martin Corporation and another US aerospace giant.
Rio Tinto is rebuilding ship loading infrastructure at its Dampier Salt operation in Port Hedland, which will allow ships to be loaded faster and reduce environmental impacts.
The latest capital raising for Peet's residential land syndicate, the Peet Point Cook Kingsford Syndicate has closed oversubscribed with investors applying for more than 22 million units.
Local brewer Gage Roads has told the ASX that recent share price gains are most likely due to positive news presented to the market about its expansion plans on the back of strong sales.
Malaga-based Matrix Composites and Engineering plans to list on the local stock exchange in a fortnight after raising $15 million through its initial public offer.
Satterley Property Group has secured a $36 million contract from the state government to build 231 affordable new homes as part of the Nation Building Economic Stimulus Package.
The direction of Perth's property market may not be quite so clear cut with latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics over house prices putting it at odds with figures released last week.
Engineering and construction company Decmil Group says it is in final stage negotiations over a $70 million contract for the Gorgon gas project while Ausgroup has been awarded $30 million worth of contracts for work on the Pluto operation.
The state opposition have highlighted Treasurer Troy Buswell's "incompetency" and "loose financial management" in reaction to the latest financial reports from the state government indicating WA currently has an operating deficit of almost $700 million.
The state government has called for expressions of interest for pilot water projects and associated works in the Pilbara worth up to $2.5 million a piece as part of the $300 million Royalties for Regions Pilbara Revitalisation Plan.
Receivers of failed agribusiness company Great Southern today completed the sale of the company's far north Queensland cattle station to Consolidated Pastoral Company for $48 million.
Junior gold producer Troy Resources' plans to raise almost $25 million to continue development at its Casposo gold project pushed down its share value as much as five per cent in trading this morning.
Shares in property developer Port Bouvard have been placed in a trading halt on a request from the company in order to complete the refinancing of its existing loan facilitites with St George bank.
A wholly-owned subsidiary of Nedlands-based engineering and construction services company Forge Group has been awarded a $12 million terminal tank refurbishment contract on Barrow Island as part of Chevron's $50 billion Gorgon LNG project.
Home values in Perth have bucked the national growth trend, falling more than 1 per cent in the September quarter, according to data released today which counter other reports' suggestions that median home values in Perth have increased in recent months.
The state's peak business lobby group is calling on the state government to "urgently" streamline the public sector on the back of a new Economic Audit Committee report expected to be presented to the goverment in the coming days.
