TWO national property developers with significant interests in Western Australia have announced strong year-end results despite difficult market conditions.
GROWING numbers of Australian organisations are offering paid maternity leave according to recent research by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency and Alcoa of Australia.
SMALL business operators have been urged to remain vigilant for scammers during the global economic crisis, with a spate of postal scams hitting Western Australia in the past few months.
WESTERN Australian tropical fruit growers and exporters have welcomed lower trade barriers to key markets such as China, but acknowledge there are challenges associated with that.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
LANDCORP has reduced land prices at its major industrial estates in and around Perth by up to 25 per cent, and introduced more generous financing terms to try and encourage investment in the sector.
THE opening of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research at the University of Western Australia this week is the next step towards WA potentially securing the $2.5 billion Square Kilome
IN a week during which Education Minister Julia Gillard reinforced education ties with India, an agreement between Edith Cowan University and India's Adesh Group has been signed, calming widespread
The state government will provide nearly $8 million of additional funds and employ a further 72 people to boost WA's Resources Safety Division as the state's mining death toll creeps up.
Herald Resources has reiterated its rejection of a takeover bid by Jakarta-based PT Bumi Resources despite another major shareholder advising it will accept the offer.
Western Australia is set to receive first funds from the Rudd government's $650 million Jobs Fund, with the bulk of the funds to go to projects in the south west of Perth.
Nexus Energy has raised $31 million from an instiutional placement with funds to be used for ongoing development of its 85 per cent owned Crux liquids project off WA and Longtom gas operation in Victoria.
Delays have prompted Stirling-based ComputerCORP to terminate its acquisition of private east coast outfit S Central while it seals the deal on another purchase.
Perth will be home to the country's fastest wireless broadband service early next year as the Seven Network commits $50 million towards the rollout of the 4G network.
Panoramic Resources' net profit has slumped 89 per cent to $5.6 million for the year to June 30, down from $53.3 million the previous year after the company's revenues receded on the back of lower nickel prices.
West Perth-based Marengo Mining has welcomed several global investment funds, including Soros Funds Management, onto its register after it raised more than $16 million through a share placement in North America.
