Staff Reporters

AGRI-business funds manager Norgard Clohessy Equity has formed a subsidiary company to manage up to 15,000hectares of pine plantations worth about $30 million.

THE future sustainability of key WA regions over the next 30 years is being guided by a unique project at Curtin University of Technology.

THE early success of a fund raising drive by Royal King’s Park Tennis Club has offered hope to management that the financial future of West Perth organisation can be secured and the club returned to profit.

WHILE welcoming Tina Spadaccini’s enthusiasm and dedication for the preservation of our architectural heritage (Business News 14 December, 2000), I feel it is essential that the pursuit of this worthy cause is accompanied by practical measures to ensure t

Wesfarmers knew a thing or two in May last year when it snapped up the Curragh coal mine in Queensland for an almost derisory $200 million, and hungry Rio Tinto has just swallowed the Australian coal assets of the US Peabody giant for $1 billion

TAGINES Restaurant is as quaint as the cuisine served there is different and as curious as the location where it resides.

THE Federal Court has found against Perth car dealer Goldy Motors over an advertisement in The West Australian newspaper on June 14 encouraging people to buy before June 30 because it was their ‘Last chance to buy…GST FREE !!’.

ONE of the many pleasing results in this year’s mid-year review of the State’s finances is the money Western Australia is now saving on interest payments because of the State’s reduced debt levels.

SOME observers might believe that wild 70-point turnaround in the last hour of trading in 2000 was down to “unwinding” of futures contracts or “window dressing.” Many small investors think that is a fairy tale.

OLMO’S Reward is a fine red wine from Frankland Estate that marks a significant visit to WA in 1955 by an American agronomist from the University of California.

THE recent release of a major new revision of the ISO 9001 quality management system standard gives organisations the opportunity to improve how they do business.

THE battle for the $370 million WA data communications business intensified this week with the commissioning of Perth-based carrier Swiftel Communications.

COMPETITION regulators have increased their vigilance against international cartels as globalisation of world trade continues apace.

Louise Rae has joined BDO Chartered Accountants and Advisers as a marketing manager. Louise has gained extensive experience in financial services marketing in both Australia and Europe.

Is finding the right employees for your business a source of stress? Then you’ll love the latest ‘How To’ pack from the Quality Business Institute.

THE news from the pundits that we can look forward to reasonable economic growth should be welcomed by all.

Just because you’re a single and busy working doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the social life!

The latest detailed state capital expenditure figures confirm the slump in WA business investment indicated in the latest state accounts.

THE festive period is often the season of visitors, a time, which prompts the questions, “what do we do with them and where can we go?”

BALCATTA technology company Orbital Engine Corporation is throwing its weight behind a dolphin research project in Cockburn Sound.

EDITH Cowan University is the latest to join a growing list of major organisations chemically marking their computer equipment against theft.

THE plan by Motorola to set up an advanced software engineering centre in Perth is positive recognition of Western Australia’s information technology capabilities.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.

“Money, and morality, is the principle of commerce and commercial nations.”– Thomas Jefferson

THE Business News Book of Company Lists publication is now in its fifth year of production.

THE Australian Financial Markets Association has announced the election of Paul Riordan, global head, financial markets Commonwealth Bank Group to the position of chairman of the AFMA executive committee.

DOES your business waste money and staff time ordering liquor?

Unpublished data from the Reserve Bank show that recent interest rate increases have had little effect on the growth in consumer debt.

IT’S pleasing to see a winemaker take sauvignon blanc seriously. Voyager Estate of Margaret River has done just that with a recently released 1996 sauvignon blanc-semillon.

ECONOMIC experts offered a positive picture for WA’s economy in 2001, led by a resource sector underpinned by steady growth in commodity prices, including gold.

MICROSOFT has announced it has made an out-of-court settlement with Perth-based Millennium Pty Ltd computer company for infringement of copyright.

SIXTYONE trophies were presented to winning teams and individuals at the StateWest Corporate Challenge prize presentation hosted by the Lord Mayor at Council House last week.