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The Technology and Industry Advisory Council is launching its innovation debate series next week.

WESTERN Australia is considered the next boom state for renewable energy, according to a new report from Ernst & Young.

As the new state premier approaches his first 100 days in power, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA will be holding a corporate luncheon to hear Colin Barnett (right) speak of his government’s go

PERTH-BASED Remote and Rural Communications is chasing capital to help produce its 'rescue radio' unit, after a $3 million order from China.

BHP Billiton is the world's biggest mining company so it was fitting it was BHP that decisively marked the end of the five-year global resources boom this week.

THE controversy over lead exports from Esperance may have attracted intense public focus over the past two years, but a potentially larger commercial issue that remains unresolved is the future of bulk nickel concentrate exports.

SOUTH African-owned engineering consultancy TWP Australia is the latest company to lay off Perth staff, admitting to shedding workers due to decisions by clients in an environment where some project work is stalling.

BUSINESS AND TRADE Seven new basic training aircrafts approved by FAA or EASA (Egypt) - 16266; Technical and engineering design drawing services (India) - 16257; Tender supply of complete draft gear for Carl Fouche coaches (Egypt) - 16262; Tender to suppl

LESS than 500 metres apart, two West Perth construction sites tell the story of the rapidly changing landscape in resources sector investment and the cascading effect on aligned industries.

THE credit crunch continues to tighten conditions in the Perth property market, with some new apartment developments requiring close to 100 per cent pre-sale to proceed.

THE aged care industry has warned that Western Australia is heading into dangerous territory, with only a quarter of the 1,300 bed licences recently made available by the federal government expected to be taken up.

AS the resource sector tumbled through late September and into early October, the Australian stock market appeared to be in a final capitulation mode.

FISHING and pearling group MG Kailis Holdings Pty Ltd slipped into the red in the past financial year after a combination of poor economic factors and isolated catchery issues hit the Fremantle-based company.

PERTH'S not-for-profit sector appears to be less exposed to the financial crisis than similar groups in the eastern states, which are bracing for a cutback in donation pledges and sponsorship deals from business.

BHP Billiton has shocked the markets by withdrawing its takeover offer for mining rival

AUSTRALIA'S largest mortgage aggregator, Australian Finance Group, has reported strong growth in profits for the 2008 financial year, but the entire industry is struggling in the current economic climate, and the extended outlook is far from clear.

BUILDING a business on strong personal relationships has proved a successful formula for the owners of West Perth-based Fiori Coffee, who recently received a national accolade for their coffees.

The Australian stock market made its biggest daily percentage gain in 11 years on Tuesdsay, with shares closing up more than 5 per cent, boosting the value of all stocks on the bourse by $37 billion.

MAJOR local superannuation fund -Westscheme has brought forward valuations of unlisted assets as the global financial crisis buffets investments across the spectrum.

What makes you tick? I have to say that one of the most important things is my family.

FORMER premier Dr Carmen Lawrence (pictured) has been appointed to the Rio Tinto WA Future Fund board.

THE Western Australian government is being urged to make up its mind on its plans for the future of Fremantle's inner harbour.

I have been reading extensively this month about the deep problems in the US financial system and it has left me with one overriding conclusion.

DAVID Nixon was voted out as Atlas Iron chairman at the company’s annual general meeting last week. Mr Nixon ceases to be chairman of the company after two and half years in the role.

JUST 18 months out from the introduction of a national emissions trading scheme, uncertainty still overrides the debate over how the scheme will directly, and indirectly, affect some of Western Australia's largest businesses.

TO borrow from Samuel Langhorne Clemens - better known by his pen name, Mark Twain - rumours of the death of hedge funds are wildly exaggerated.

Red Hill Iron Ltd directors Joshua Pitt and Neil Tomkinson have boosted their stake in the company with the acquisition of 123,939 shares -worth $247,878.

CHIEF executive of the Gull Group of Companies, Wayne Ferrell, sees both risks and opportunities in the national emissions trading scheme.

PREMIER Colin Barnett is known to be fond of big, regional projects that offer sweeping vision and the prospect of unlocking value for future generations.

The Note has mentioned the magic word Argenti previously but was drawn back to the corporate planning system this week when local business hero Michael Chaney got up to laud its qualities.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of ANZ Banking Group has offered to pay $130 million for Babcock & Brown Power's interests in two Western Australian power stations.

Catalyst Metals chairman Nathan McMahon says he will defer his salary as the company begins its strategy to reduce its non-core assets in light of the financial crisis.