A DISASTER or a strong recovery - that's Martin Place Securities managing director Barry Dawes's each-way bet for what's likely to pan out in equity markets in 2009.
RECRUITERS in Western Australia say the fall in job advertisements is not an accurate predictor of workplace trends, and businesses should focus on building their employment brand.
DEBT is a theme across all the top deals of 2008, something that hasn't featured previously because such matters were considered relatively boring in a market awash with cheap credit.
UK company Cape plc's acquisition spree in Australia in 2007 has continued to have extraordinary fallout, with three new competitors emerging in the scaffolding and formwork sector in Western Australia.
LISTED East Perth internet service provider iiNet was already number three in Australia when it bought local rival Westnet for $81 million, but the deal made it the dominant force in Western Australia and strengthened its national market share.
WHILE a number of aged care companies in Western Australia profited handsomely on the back of the boom, the sector overall has fallen victim to these economic good times.
PERTH-BASED IT company L7 Solutions has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Western Power, the latest in a string of lucrative deals for the growing organisation.
CHILDREN'S charity Variety WA has involved young volunteers in its succession planning strategy to ensure the future of the not-for-profit organisation in Western Australia.
WESTERN Australia has suffered the biggest fall in job advertisements in December as ads across the country slump to recession-like levels, a key employment measure has found.
IT took three years and a Herculean battle with the Town of East Fremantle, but Ivan Rutherford has finally completed the $2 million refurbishment of The Red Herring restaurant.
FORMER Woodside Petroleum executive Dave Agostini (pictured) has been appointed executive of the state government-Commonwealth inquiry into the Varanus Island gas explosion, along with Kym Bills of th
SOME of the state's biggest users of energy have begun publicly reporting their energy consumption, many for the first time, under the federal government's Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act.
RIO Tinto has announced the postponement of plans for an automated train operation program in the Pilbara, as part of its strategy to cut costs and debt.
Kenneth Ambrecht bought 3,070 shares in Fortescue Metals Group at $2.281 per share at share market price, bringing the total value of his shares to $14,362369.
Galaxy Resources plans to capitalise on the anticipated growing demand for power electric and hybrid cars as it approves development of its $68 million Mt Cattlin lithium-tantalum project near Ravensthorpe.
The acquisition of Coles has boosted Wesfarmers' ranking in the top 250 retailers in the world, according to the Deloitte 2009 Global Power of Retailing report.
Western Australia's housing market has yet to bottom out with the market forecast to fall by up to 7 per cent this year as mortgage commitments in the state decline by nearly 6 per cent in November.
Macmahon Holdings is expected to lose 75 per cent of its Argyle Diamonds' revenue and possibly lose 200 of its contractors as Rio Tinto scales back production and development work at the Kimberley mine.
The state opposition is calling on the government to be open and honest about its 3 per cent budget cuts as the planned $93 million Northbridge-based police complex is delayed.
One of China's largest banks has given its approval to a $1.8 billion loan to Gindalbie Metals' Karara iron ore joint venture following completion of due diligence.
Wall Street closed narrowly mixed yesterday as investors began to worry about the weakening global economy, a poor start to the corporate earnings season and the health of ailing banking giant Citigroup, the Australian newspaper has reported.
