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The jobless rate in Western Australia has decreased to a seasonally adjusted 3.1 per cent in July while the national rate remained unchanged at 4.3 per cent.
PERTH Airport chief executive Brad Geatches has conceded that the airport’s $1 billion re-development would only deliver 25 contact bays out of a planned 45 in the new combined international and domes
WEST Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd has launched a second legal case against Sweden’s Ericsson Inc, with a trial in the US set for 2010.
PearlStreet Ltd managing director Anthony Wooles has increased his interest in the company by buying 10 million shares valued at $3.3 million through a placement to director and allotment of shortfall
Brand New Vintage Ltd Frank Kraps has been appointed non-executive director. Hodges Resources Ltd Lisa Wynne has been appointed company secretary following the resignation of Bryan Dixon.
COLIN Barnett has raised his hand for another tilt at the Liberal Party leadership but first has to find an electorate, after Deidre Willmott said she wanted to continue as the endorsed candidate f
LAST week’s decision by smallgoods manufacturer Don KRC to close its Spearwood operations next year has paved the way for a redevelopment of the site and about 60 surrounding properties.
AUSTRALIA’S petrol commissioner Pat Walker has resigned for personal reasons and is returning to Perth, less than four months after taking up the new post.
Australia Indonesia Business Council regional director Martin Newbery will be speaking on emerging opportunities for WA business people and answering questions on trade, investment and the political c
AUSTRALIAN Institute of Company Directors state president Fiona Harris and former senior manager of Western Mining Corporation Mike Donaldson have been appointed to the Territory Resources Ltd board.
THE ripples from the US sub-prime drama continue to lap at Western Australia’s shores, with South Australian stock broking firm Prescott Securities arriving to fill the vacancy left by Lehman Brothers
WESTERN Australia’s food manufacturing industry has been dealt another blow with smallgoods manufacturer Don KRC, which manufactures products under the Watsonia and Don brands, announcing it will clos
The Note gets barraged by attention-seeking companies who’ve dressed up public relations exercises as research – usually in the form of a spurious survey designed to grab a headline.
THE board of uranium explorer West Australian Metals Ltd has undergone an overhaul after shareholders this week voted for the removal of director Terrence Shanahan and the appointment of three new dir
VITAL financial information about the failed fuel pill company, Firepower, went missing when a computer was taken out of Australia prior to the firm going into administration, a Sydney court heard las
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 Industry and Resour
LIVESTOCK exporter Wellard Rural Exports and its part-owned shipping operator, Siba Ships, based in Italy, have announced a $US250 million ($A280m) order for two new state-of-the-art livestock ca
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