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INDUSTRIAL services company Cape plc has seized on the renewal of a major maintenance contract with Alcoa as evidence the company is performing well.

COMMUNITY favourite Italian restaurant, Pavarotti café is to close after 15 years in Nedlands.

Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The

OPPONENTS of genetically modified crops have seized on the results of the first independent trials of GM canola as vindication of their stance.

Peter Quinn works in a realm of complexity few of us could imagine.

A WESTERN Australian geospatial software developer has won an Asia Pacific award for its software warning system, which helps protect infrastructure during major emergencies and natural disasters.

WESFAMERS expects first half 2008-09 net profit to be between $850 million to $880 million, after about $150 million in pre tax provisions and write-downs in the values of some investments.

THE Goldfields could once again become an accurate descriptor of the region around Kalgoorlie after the returns from the gold mining industry helped the area cope with a recent slump in nickel mining.

With most major ports located in the middle of populated areas, the government faces some tough decisions on infrastructure.

LUXURY fashion label Emporio Armani will soon join other high-end retailers at the new Wesley Quarter redevelopment, as the first of the centre's retailers open their doors.

Banaszak Legal has been acquired by Leaker Partners after Damira Banaszak accepted a position of senior legal counsel with the National Australia Bank.

WESTERN Australian companies from the design, innovation and culinary industries are making their presence felt at the G'day USA campaign, currently under way in New York, Los Angeles and, for the first time, San Francisco.

IN a recent research report, my colleagues Rachel Ong and Richard Seymour of the Centre for Labour Market Research, and I investigated aspects of the lives of people living on the federal minimum wage.

Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club's theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.

Directors Richard Monti and Geoff Brayshaw have been given a combined $30,450 worth of Poseidon Nickel shares in lieu of directors fees, as approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting.

Developers of tourism accommodation are adopting a range of responses to the financial crisis, with some going full steam ahead while others are taking a more cautious approach.

Pressure to develop the state's north is only going to increase.

THE state government says it will cut advertising spending by 15 per cent, after campaign and non-campaign advertising increased $20 million in five years under the previous Labor government.

Businesses operators in the South West are expecting a contraction in trade

WA's economic future is critically tied to that of China, and the signs aren't promising.

GLOBAL education services provider Navitas has entered into a deal with Scotland's Napier University to establish the Edinburgh International College.

THE struggles being experienced by tourism operators in some parts of Western Australia seem to have missed the north-west, for time being at least, with businesses in Exmouth and Broome positive about the year ahead.

Weekend at Amberley Amberley Estate will host its annual Semillon & Seafood Weekend on February 7 and 8.

Malaga-based Automotive Technology Group has expanded its presence in China with the signing of another deal with one of the country's largest car manufacturers.

Resource explorer Centamin Egypt has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters to raise $73 million through a share placement, with funds to be applied to the development of the Sukari gold mine.

The closure of BHP Billiton's Ravensthorpe nickel operations will strip the state government of up to $20 million in mining royalties a year and is expected to cut the region's population by half.

A new survey of Australia's chief executives in the manufacturing, construction and services industries has painted a grim picture for 2009, with sales for all sectors expected to weaken as the country starts to experience a significant slowdown.

A higher gold price has boosted Dominion Mining's quarterly revenue by 27 per cent despite a dip in production and higher cash costs at its Challenger mine in South Australia.

Perseus Mining plans to raise over $8 million through a share placement to fast track the completion of the feasibility study at its Ayanfuri gold project in Ghana and for working capital.

BHP Billiton has reported a rise in iron ore production for the first half of the 2009 financial year but said it had received requests from some iron ore customers for deferrals to shipments amid the weak economic environment.

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources plans to close two mines in Western Australia but has reaffirmed its production outlook of only a few months ago.

BHP Billiton has today announced plans to cut 2100 jobs in Western Australia as it suspends operations at its Ravensthorpe nickel mine indefinitely and scales back production at its Mt Keith nickel mine on the back of a falling metal price.