The use of debtor finance by Western Australian businesses recorded a rare drop in the December quarter to $1.3billion following five years of strong growth, the Institute for Factors and Discounters (IFD) of Australia and New Zealand has reported.
Australian companies Nkwe Platinum Limited and International Goldfields Ltd have issued statements playing down speculation they were planning to complete a deal over some of their African platinum projects.
Woodside's Neptune oil and gas project has been temporarily stalled by the identification of a structural glitch which is estimated to impact the company by 0.15 million barrels of oil equivalent per month until the issue is resolved.
Iluka Resources Ltd's near $1 billion capital restructure despite tough capital markets hails a much needed positive for a company that has endured two tough years in the wilderness.
HBOS, the parent of Western Australia's biggest retail bank operator BankWest, was forced to deny it is in financial difficulty after rumour-fuelled selling hit the UK banking giant in trading overnight.
Churchlands-based Navitas Ltd said today that the establishment of its program for international students at McMaster University College in Canada has been delayed due to further discussions at the university.
A state government decision to divert trucks off part of Leach Hwy will cost the industry $20 million, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has estimated.
Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has only recently started mining at its Hope Downs iron ore prospect in the Pilbara, but is already advanced in the planning of its next two mines.
Wind turbines on Adelaide Terrace may sound like a futuristic vision for the city, but architecture firm Woodhead is hoping to break new ground with its design for Stockland's Dur
Smaller gold miners in Western Australia are set to capitalise on the soaring gold price, which has not even come close to the real highs of the 1980s.
Briefcase, in another guise, was strident in its opposition to last year's private equity bid for Australia's major airline and former national carrier, Qantas.
Degustation diners who frequent Jackson's and Star Anise can add a new name to the list of must-go venues on Perth's fine dining scene, with Restaurant Amusé receiving plaudits from the industry at a recent awards ceremony.
The impending mutualisation of GESB, the Government Employees Superannuation Board, has allowed me to dig into a few areas that I haven't touched before.
Western Australia may have failed to register on the radars of the low-cost carrier airlines to the level witnessed in the eastern states, but Tourism WA's new head of aviation development is determined to take advantage of this rapidly growing segment.
Many Western Australian exporters will have to review their marketing budgets after the federal government announced that a big jump in applications for export market development grants will result in a sharp cut in payments.
ESPLANADE Hotel Fremantle owner Marylyn New has bought the Broadwater Pagoda Hotel and Apartments in Como for a price estimated at between $15 million and $20 million.
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
PERTH investment banking group Argonaut has sold a 20 per cent stake in the business to Apollo Asia Opportunity Master Fund, LP, and formed a strategic alliance with Apollo for its new merchant bankin
The Town of Cambridge will become the latest western suburbs council to propose high-density residential development close to a main commercial strip, as it prepares a review of its town planning scheme intended to revitalise Cambridge Street.
The University of Western Australia's Centre for Water Research director, Professor Jorg Imberger, has been invited by HRH Duke of Edinburgh to give this year's Prince Philip Lecture in London.
Property group Stockland has been announced as the government's preferred joint venture partner for the redevelopment of the Craigie High School site, the fourth high school site redevelopment in Perth since 2005.
RIO Tinto has established a partnership with Curtin University to develop the mining giant's second innovation centre, the Materials and Sensing Centre.
