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Perth-based global drug delivery company, pSivida Ltd has announced that it proposes to reincorporate in the United States.

West Perth-based gold and base metals exploration company Central Asia Resources Ltd will increase its shareholding in Golden Eagle Resources from 60% to 100%, subject to shareholder approval.

Wesfarmers weighs huge equity raising; NAB facing $600m bill after tax case; Opes probe turns up heat on ANZ; Rio shares up 4% as higher BHP bid tipped; Salting case families lose move on Xstrata

East Perth-based Redstone Resources Ltd has secures an access agreement over significant Iron-Oxide- Copper-Gold (IOCG) prospective exploration area at the Baggaley Hills, in the West Musgrave Region, in Western Australia.

The University of Western Australia has lost a Federal Court battle over the ownership of intellectual property held by its former employee Dr Bruce Gray and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical Ltd.

Chinese-Indonesia consortium Antam Zhongjin has gained shareholder approval for its $2.50 a share, $505 million take over bid for West Perth-based Herald Resources.

Subiaco-based oil and gas exploration company Sun Resources NL has received record revenues from its US operations during March 2008, providing over A$200,000 of net operating revenue for the month.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Resources Ltd could start producing gold from its Norseman gold project in 2010 following positive scoping study results that have pegged capital costs at $75 million.

West Leederville-based Whinnen Resources Ltd has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire an 85% interest in Fongo Tongo Bauxite Project in Republic of Cameroon, West Africa.

Subiaco based uranium exploration company Epsilon Energy has entered into a joint venture agreement with Southern Uranium to explore the Pandanus West tenement in North Queensland.

Pilbara nickel explorer and producer, Fox Resources Ltd today announced that China's largest nickel producer, Jinchuan Group Limited, has successfully concluded a strategic agreement to take an equity stake in the company.

Wesfarmers Ltd shares remained in trading halt today after it confirmed it was considering an equity raising - expected to be a rights issue - to refinance $4 billion in bridging finance used to fund its $20 billion takeover of the Coles last year.

Shares in West Perth-based resources company Straits Resources Ltd have jumped more than six per cent after the company unveiled a plan to restructure the business and demerge from its coal-focused Asian subsidiary.

Rio surges on London talk BHP ready to sweeten offer; Beijing takes over BHP raid plans; Wesfarmers mulls multi-billion dollar raising; Paladin pair lynched as Merrill sells off shares; Inside the Stokes bunker: cashed up and set to pounce

With less than a week before the culmination of the boardroom battle at WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd, both sides remained in full battle mode ahead of Wednesday's extraordinary shareholder meeting.

Workers at Newcrest Mining's Telfer gold and copper mine now have 24-hour access to the internet as part of the company's worker retention strategy.

Briefcase continues to survey directors' recent buying and selling for clues in the search for investment value.

Construction magnate Len Buckeridge has vowed to fight the state government over control of a vital piece of land needed for an access road as part of Bunbury Port's major restructure plans.

Variety WA has attributed a record fund-raising result last financial year to its constructive engagement with the business community.

Overcoming negative perceptions has proved a major hurdle for Mullaloo-based Utopian Resources, distributor of the EcoSuper X range of environmentally friendly cleaner/degreasers.

Readers with long memories may recall that one of Bob Hawke's major initiatives upon being elected prime minister in 1983 was to convene a national economic summit.

Airlines servicing Western Australia continue to reap the benefits of the state's resources boom, as demand for transport into the regions grows and capacity increases to unprecedented levels.

The words ‘healthy' and ‘fast-food' aren't often used together, but a new breed of entrepreneur is hoping to change that by combining nutrition with made-to-go servings for a hungry market.

Beijing's Olympics are coming and, as widely expected, the authoritarian Chinese government hosting them faces ongoing embarrassing incidents.

With anecdotal evidence emerging that Western Australians are taking shorter breaks more often, particularly in the cooler months, there is growing demand for self-contained luxury holiday homes in the South West and other popular regions

ALTHOUGH Jim Malone (pictured right) is tackling powerhouses these days under the Richmond nametag, the former Tigers general manager is operating under a completely different banner to football.

Are the energy market issues of Western Australia about to be solved by the market?

Increasing construction and labour costs have failed to dampen the prospects of one of Western Australia's major hotel developers, Seashells Hospitality Group, which recently opened its fourth resort and is preparing to expand one of its existing resorts.

NEDLANDS-BASED software provider ISS Group Ltd has announced its biggest ever contract, valued at around $4 million, with Malaysian oil and gas group Petronas.

Education, housing, business regulation and the skills shortage are just a handful of topics that will be touched on this weekend at the 2020 Summit in Canberra.

Last week's takeover of United Credit Union continues a long run of Western Australian financial institutions falling prey to interstate and overseas predators; but surprisingly, this trend has done little to dampen competition.

MOUNT Barker's Terry Enright has become the first farmer to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Agriculture from the University of Western Australia.