THE roll call of Western Australian businesses directly affected by the global credit crunch grew suddenly during the past week, with several listed companies changing their plans in response to the meltdown on Wall Street.
THE medical supplier behind a locally developed physiotherapy device is raising capital to float the business and enhance its presence in world's competitive medical arena.
SO far, so good...in fact, better than expected.
The Barnett-Nationals partnership government seems to have comfortably ensconced itself into power, which means those big white chauffeur-driven ministerial automobiles now have new passengers.
LEIGHTON Holdings Ltd has emerged as one of the most active buyers of small Western Australian businesses in the past year, paying more than $22 million for three service organisations that expanded its footprint in Perth and the South West.
A MID-DECADE housing industry boom in Australia, fuelled by an ultimately destabilising rate of population growth, diverts scarce resources, including funds, away from much more productive sectors of the economy.
THE details of the federal government's carbon trading system may not be finalsied, but one Western Australian carbon offset trader is hoping its early adopter status will be an advantage in the new legislative environment.
THE Australian stock market rebounded to close almost 2 per cent higher after the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed the cash rate by 100 basis points to 6 per cent.
INTRUSIVE telemarketing phone calls may become a thing of the past if the boundless potential of the search engine used for 85 per cent of internet searches in Australia - Google - can be realised.
THE list of carbon-offset firms in Western Australia continues to grow, as a new player with a combined horticultural/carbon sink project looks to enter the market.
Emeco Holdings Ltd managing director Laurence Freedman has increased his interest in the company through the on market acquisition of 1 million shares at a total cost of $790,000.
THE federal government's push towards mutual recognition of trades between states has raised concerns from peak professional body, the Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division.
INCREASED requirements on energy efficiency and water use are expected to fuel the growth in green buildings for commercial and residential developments.
THE development of Western Ausralia?s second desalination plant at Binningup, north of Bunbury, has moved a step closer after the state?s environment watchdog recommended that the Water Corporation pr
DURING the past three years, the influx of cranes into the Perth CBD has provided a strong visual reminder of the strength of Western Australia's economy and the buoyancy in the property sector.
THE state could have been up to $2 billion better off if the Carpenter government had actively pursued renewable energy projects at the start of the decade, according to WA Sustainable Energy Association chief executive Ray Wills.
DESPITE no firm launch date having been set for its delayed mutualisation, $9 billion fund manager GESB has unveiled a highly experienced seven-member board.
The state's economic boom could turn into substantially higher electricity prices next year as Western Power submits its proposals to the Economic Regulation Authority to increase tariffs.
Incremental Petroleum Ltd has recommended its shareholders reject Cooper Energy Ltd's $86 million takeover offer, saying the offer undervalues the company by some 70 per cent.
Strong investor support for Perth-based Golden Gate Petroleum has boosted the company's capital raising efforts, with stakeholders raising a further $400,000 over the $4.7 million target.
The Australian stock market has clocked up its second-worst trading day for the year, closing down 5 per cent to its lowest point in three-years as panic selling engulfs markets around the world due to growing fears about the global financial crisis.
West Perth-based Centaurus Resources Ltd has offloaded most of its Australian assets to Clancy Exploration Ltd for $300,000 in a bid to focus on its portfolio of projects in Brazil.
Former managing director of Home Building Society, Craig Coleman, has joined the board of Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications as a non-executive director.
Australia's biggest bank is set to grow, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia to take over BankWest and St Andrew's Australia from their troubled UK-based parent, HBOS plc, for $2.1 billion.
'Thousands' of jobs in doubt as CBA prepares to snatch BankWest; Merger to create $10bn bonus: BHP; Iron ore producers steel themselves for a slide; $500m windfall in $A plunge; Mitsui walks from Crux project
Creditors of the collapsed Palandri Wine Group have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of placing the company into liquidation, but a return figure has yet to be determined as suspect transactions warrant further investigation.
The Reserve Bank of Australia may cut interest rates again by Christmas, after deciding to lower the cash rate by a surprising 100 basis points for the first time in 16 years, economists said.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has responded to the global financial crisis by cutting official interest rates by 1 percentage point to 6 per cent, larger than the widely expected half a percentage point cut.
