Accommodation provider Fleetwood Corporation Ltd has been awarded a $25 million contract to manufacture and supply 250 accommodation units for Rio Tinto.
The state Greens Party is calling for the removal of corporate watchdog chief Graeme Samuel due to his corporate bias in the recent grocery prices inquiry.
The North West Shelf Venture's fifth LNG processing train has been completed bringing total investments in the venture's assets to more than $25 billion.
A strong all-round performance in supporting small business clients has seen ANZ Bank take out the first-ever best value national award for small business banking, given by premier financial services research company CANNEX.
Western Australian publishing company, Aspermont, has recorded a net profit of $2.3 million for the year ending June 2008 and anticipates further growth after its recent $21 million acquisition of Mining Communications Limited (MCL).
An expansion of Perth's public transport network, including a new rail line to Ellenbrook, was the centrepiece of the Labor Party's election campaign launch on Sunday.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia has expressed disappointment at the absence of a vision for the future, and detailed plans to achieve it, by the State's politicians during the election campaign.
Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd has posted a 121 per cent jump in net profit after tax of $6 million in its first full year as a listed entity.
West Perth-based fund manager LinQ Resources Fund has reported a net profit of $111.4 million for the year ended the 2008 financial year, down from the previous year's $138.4 million.
West Perth-based gold miner Dominion Mining Ltd has booked a full year net profit after tax of $33.4 million net profit, down 35 per cent from the previous year's result of $51.7 million.
West Perth-based electrical engineering company LogiCamms Ltd has beaten its earnings forecasts by 18 per cent after booking a full year net profit after tax of nearly $2.9 million in its first year as a listed company.
Australia's top companies are failing to follow global guidelines on bribery and corruption reporting and fall short of world's best practice, according to research by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and Net Balance Foundation Ltd.
Macmahon Holdings Ltd has further strengthened its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, waiving several conditions and allowing shareholders to keep the final six cents dividend.
The downturn in the financial sector has hit West Perth-based financial services company Centrepoint Alliance Ltd, which today reported an $11.8 million goodwill writedown and a full year net loss of $9.5 million.
Fremantle-based oil and gas services company Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd has reported a net profit of $17.9 million for the 2008 financial year, up 43 per cent on the previous corresponding period.
Perth men Stuart Corp and Brian Smith appear to be in the clear after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions filed a "notice of discontinuance" in the District Court of Perth.
West Perth-based intellectual property group ipernica Ltd has reported a record net profit after tax of $15 million for the 2008 financial year, up 244 per cent on the previous year.
Unprecedented growth in the Pilbara region looks set to continue according to new population projections from the Pilbara Industry's Community Council.
Nedlands-based gold company Dioro Exploration NL has secured two loans worth $14 million with BNP Paribas to meet ongoing development costs for two of its assets in Western Australia.
An increase in marketing and personnel expenditure against a background of flat sales growth has prompted Gage Roads Brewing Co Ltd to post a full year net loss of nearly $4 million.
Transfield Services has secured a $120 million three-year contract to provide asset management services to BHP Billiton Nickel West in Western Australia.
West Perth-based developer Cedar Woods Properties Ltd has beaten its earnings forecast, today posting a net profit of $21 million for the 2008 financial year, an increase of 11 per cent from the previous year.
Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel has forecast a return to strong economic growth in the medium-term, once the current episode of ‘overdone pessimism’ has receded.
