Cooper Energy is today urging Incremental Petroleum shareholders to accept its takeover offer as the corporate watchdog says it will not apply on Cooper's behalf for an extension of the bid.
Western Australia's jobless rate for October has been described as "sensational" as the figures tumbled towards record lows while the national rate held steady.
Nedlands-based Tox Free Solutions has successfully completed a $13 million capital raising and revealed it will acquire a Victorian waste management company for $1.5 million.
Engineering firm Monadelphous Group has secured a $76 million contract from Ports Corporation of Queensland for expansion works at the Abbot Point coal terminal.
Global crisis blows $40bn hole in budget; Warning of 9pc jobless rate; Banks' patience running out; Guarantee in need of tweaking; Chinalco regains hold on Rio blocking stake
ONE of the recurring criticisms of Western Australia is that the state is little more than a quarry for the rest of the world and that our small, one-dimensional economy drives bright, young talent to cities like Melbourne, London and Sydney.
BUSINESSES in Western Australia spend proportionately more on research and development than their counterparts in any other state, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found.
New WESTERN Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has had to deal with a heated lobster fishing industry after new plans to restrict the commercial and recreational catch of western rock lobster
AS someone who prefers small perfectly formed objects as opposed to monolithic structures, when it comes to business, the government's decision to carve up two Labor-created super departments is something I'd generally welcome.
LEAVING the corporate cocoon to set up their own gourmet food store was challenging for the owners of the newly opened Turban Chopsticks; but the former human resources advisor and accountant don't miss their former life.
THE growth of retail space in suburban Perth shows little negative signs of the global financial meltdown, as shopping centre operators and traders hold their collective breath that public spending in the approach to Christmas will be at, or near, last ye
IF we're to be subjected to that "D" word, then let's at least focus on the correct one, which means ignoring the depression sparked by Wall Street's 1929 crash.
THE development of so-called "main street" or strip shopping centres around the city has created another viable retail category outside of the traditional suburban and CBD shopping centres.
AT least four major shopping centres across Perth are poised for a change of ownership, including three of the Centro Properties Group's largest Western Australian assets.
SOME of the largest publicly-listed retailers in Western Australia have been feeling the pinch during the recent economic turbulence, but preparations made early to deal with the downturn and positive signs about the future of retail in the state are keep
PERTH is attracting more large-scale commercial bulky goods complexes, despite the sector experiencing a lull on the back of the credit crisis and global economic downturn, according to real estate agents.
THE state government plans to release a draft revision of a controversial policy which caps shopping centre growth, which has been described as out of touch with residential expansion in new growth areas, early next year.
THE Shops at Ellenbrook, the retail heart of the burgeoning Swan Valley township, has been expanded beyond the requirements of the original agreement because of rapid population growth in the area.
Western Australia's leading internet authorities are warning that the federal government's proposal to introduce internet service provider filtering will do more harm than good.
FINANCIAL services may be a dirty word to most as the global turbulence slams this sector harder than most, but that hasn't stopped automotive parts group Capricorn Society Ltd from cranking up its own offering to the market.
EUROPEAN companies Metso Minerals and Royston have added to the large number of international acquisitions of local mining and industrial services companies in Western Australia.
SMALL business owners in Perth are seeking to remain positive, despite the uncertainty lingering in the global financial markets and access to finance, according to business advisers.
INDEPENDENT property valuers, Christie Whyte Moore and Valuation Partners, have merged to form what they claim is Western Australia's biggest property valuation company.
DOWN here at Noteville we like a business leader who can always see a silver lining, even as the dark clouds of global turmoil continue to roll across our once bright blue corporate skies.
