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Territory Resources, the iron ore company headed up by WA mining businessman Michael Kiernan, has lifted its stake in mineral sands producer Olympia Resources, following Olympia's rejection of its $15.5 million take over bid yesterday.

PERTH-based mineral sands producer Olympia Resources has rejected Territory Resources takeover cash bid, saying its offer was less than half of what it should be according to an independent expert.

Aspiring power generation company Aviva Corporation Ltd has appointed former Western Power managing director Tony Iannello as its chairman.

Property and maintenance services company Spotless Group Ltd has made a hostile $556 million bid for Programmed Maintenance Services Ltd, one year after PMS bought Perth-based Integrated Group Ltd.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has commenced proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney against communications retailer Allphones Retail Pty Limited, which has allegedly breached the Franchising Code of Conduct.

Welshpool-based Allied Gold has attracted a $35 million injection from gold miner Barrick Gold Corporation for its PNG projects.

The RBA governor Mr Glenn Stevens delivered a speech this morning to Smart Capital 2008: The Euromoney Australian Financial Markets Innovation Congress in Sydney.

Finance fall-out still a big unknown  

The Midland Redevelopment Authority's renewal project.

The wife of Kevin Rudd’s chief of staff, David Epstein, is to run the Canberra office of major lobbying concern, Government Relations Australia (GRA), which also operates in Western Australia.

The state’s booming resource sector is proving to be a boon for Subiaco-based construction firm DORIC, which is currently locked in final negotiations for two more contracts, while the releases of its refurbished houses were quickly snapped up over the we

You don’t have to be born here to be accepted.

Development in Margaret River over the next 20 years should be contained in small hamlet-style nodes, rather than large residential estates, according to the shire’s townsite strategy, which was released for public comment last week.

The second incarnation of the infamous nickel mine that sparked the Poseidon bubble of the early 1970s is sure to have many closely watching the development of Poseidon mark 11, especially because of Andrew Forrest’s involvement.

The owners of tiger, tiger remain unsure about their future.

Intellect future under a cloud.

Perth’s coffee culture is getting richer by the day.

As the first stage of Northbridge Link gets under way, small retailers in the fashion and restaurant industries are lifting the area.

I wonder if there are any readers who have not yet heard about the impending peak of global oil production.

William Street and its surrounds has gone through something of a revival in recent times.

Increased immigration into Western Australia has helped the state record the highest level of population growth in the country, as the nation experiences its fastest growth rate in 18 years.

Northbridge is building on its reputation for providing authentic, well-priced international cuisine, with a new breed of eateries bringing a fresh flavour to the area, largely in response to the wider demographic changes occurring just outside of the mai

Red Cross Western Australia has become one of the few WA not-forprofit organisations to raise funds through a charity auction home, with a new home completed and ready to be auctioned next month in Tapping.

Northbridge may be known as the city’s entertainment, restaurant and arts hub, but the growing number of commercial and mixed-use developments is also driving business to lease office space in the area.

BLAKISTON & Crabb partner Michael Blakiston has been rated as one of the top 20 mining lawyers worldwide, in a survey by London-based publisher Who’s Who Legal.

More than a decade has passed since construction began on the Graham Farmer Freeway, which involved the reclamation of large tracts of land in Northbridge.

COMO’S Pagoda Hotel is to be rebranded Esplanade River Suites, following its acquisition by Marylyn New’s Esplanade Hotels Group.

The Equigold’s plans to expand its established position.

THE first tranche of Australand’s Cockburn Central apartment release has been sold, with 32 of a total of 40 apartments sold last week.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of I

Western Australian epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley is the only Western Australian among the first group to be invited to join Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s 2020 Australia Summit.

Former state opposition leader, Matt Birney, has teamed up with one of Australia’s biggest corporate farming groups to establish a new business in the emerging industry of carbon offsets.