Staff Reporters

REDFM’ s acquisition of Karratha-based North West Radio has been thrown into turmoil following Perth-based Lifestyle Radio’s decision to take legal action against Foundation Capital, North West Radio and its shareholders.

WITH 500 shareholders and $3.3 million in hand, Perth-based Carpathian Resources is due to list on the Australian Stock Exchange tomorrow.

ONE group to see the merit in the East Perth district is Gastronomical Pty Ltd, an international commercial property developing company.

LISTED ecommerce group CHROME Global has moved into the public relations field, acquiring Blue Regal Corporation Pty Ltd which trades as the WA licensed affiliate of Professional Public Relations Australia.

PERTH company APT Systems has beaten 14 other tenders to win a lucrative contract from telecommunications giant Vodafone.

THE Minister for State Development, Tourism and Business, Clive Brown, will open a special breakfast to be held in Perth on Monday July 2.

ONE could be forgiven for believing Gulf of Carpentaria prawns would be the easiest things in the world to sell.But Julie and Bert Boschetti have their share of exporting

WA-based property syndicator Glenmont Properties has bought the Department of Transport building from the University of Western Australia for $9.6 million.

FREMANTLE-based IT and management consultancy Tele-sis Communications has merged its operations with national group Whitehorse Strategic Group.

TWO lawyers, Liberal candidate Sue Walker and Greens candidate Steve Walker, took the race for the seat of Nedlands to the wire. The winner ends nearly 50 years of Court family reign.

AN 11th-hour decision to nominate for a national award has paid off for a Perth-based gas transmission company.

TRADE Minister Mark Vaile has announced a significant breakthrough for sheepmeat exporters, with Australia and Argentina reaching agreement on certification arrangements for Australian sheepmeat exports.

THE Export Market Development Grants scheme – which reimburses up to 50 per cent of a business’ annual spending on export promotional activities – is likely to be extended for a further five years.

A MINERAL sands company using an adapted magnetic mapping technique may have discovered a significant extension to the Eneabba heavy mineral field.

WHAT a week it has been in finance. The heirs to two huge empires, James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch, have gone from being badly misinformed One.Tel shareholders to potentially feeling the wrath of the Australian Securities and

THERE’S something elegant about winter and its long, sit-down dinners. The romance of the rain while sitting among fellow wine lovers culminates in an evening of gourmet indulgence.

IN the wake of last year’s dot.com crash, an ambitious local company has launched a comprehensive WA travel website.

IT’S taken many years, but I think I may have identified the elusive element missing from my exercise regime.

TWO of three Margaret River wine projects looking for about $140 million between them have won enough subscriptions to go ahead in what has been described as the toughest tax-effective market yet.

PAT Pinder has bid farewell to his architectural firm, Sandover Pinder Pty Ltd.

BALCATTA-based software company ST Synergy is on track for a successful expansion into the eastern states after last week joining forces with another local software company, Civilisation.

THE number of victims of the HIH collapse continued to mount this week, among them were former directors Ray Williams, Rodney Adler and Dominic Fodera.

HITEC Energy Limited has brought Elissa Samuel back to Perth to encourage investment in its planned Port Hedland Electrofuel Project.

EVER since the Internet has been used for personal and commercial communication, the issues of fraud and identity have been ones for concern.

AN exhibition of Genevieve Daley’s paintings on display from June 15 at the Arts House Gallery captures the rich colours of the striking coastline of the South West of WA.

SOMETIMES you just want to have a fine dining experience in an upmarket setting in a place renowned for quality service, but really, is a suit and tie necessary?That’s the premise behind the re-launch of Origins

THE head of an award winning Perth new media company has criticised WA as being short sighted and unable to appreciate the value of new technology.

THE recent closure of e-tailer Wine Planet after its acquisition by Foster’s Brewing points to a less-than-rosy future for WA online wine retailers.

IF you’ve ever managed to spill a cup of coffee on the way from the kitchen to the living room, bear in mind the patience and skill required by Wan Aznan B Wan Ya.

RALLIES, records and awards seemed to dominate the news this week, despite a sprinkling of downturns, spills and collapses.

LARRY Lopez has been appointed non-executive chairman of technology investment consultants CyberResearch.

A FEW weeks ago, several well-known Perth Internet service providers were hit by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, bringing their servers to a halt for several hours over the course of several days.