Staff Reporters

FOLLOWING last year’s sellout success of the extra-value Olympic Edition Vectra, Astra and Barina models, Holden has released another competitive Olympic Edition four cylinder line-up.

INVESTMENT of more than $200 million in exploration during the next few years by Santos Ltd in Queensland has already started to pay off for the Adelaide-based hydrocarbon producer.

SEVEN Network and Telstra have announced they will provide the most closed captioning ever seen on Australian television during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

NEW, tougher consumer standards would spur telecommunications companies to offer better service, according to Minister for Communi-cations Richard Alston.Senator Alston said, while Telstra had steadily improved its quality of service since the custo...

JUNIOR gold explorer Dioro Exploration NL, which concentrated in recent years on promising diamond prospects at the Ellendale project in the Kimberley, has finally struck paydirt after searching for some years for the illusive orebody.

MITSUBISHI’S Pajero has taken the next step in four-wheel driving with the release of its NM series.The stylish new Pajero is available as a 5-door long wheelbase model with four price classes – GL, GLX, GLS and Exceed. All price classes have petrol...

UNION membership has continued to decrease as more employees find its relevance in the commercial world declining, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics report Australian Social Trends 2000.

#CHROME Global Malaysia has been established following a heads of agreement between Malaysia-based Amtech Solutions and Chrome Global.The company is set to pursue health, court management and information technology opportunities in Malaysia.Chrome ..

Perth-based Kanowna Lights NL, an intrepid junior explorer in the eastern Goldfields, has shifted its attention to the Gascoyne region of WA.

THE Brother MFC-9600 high performance multi-function centre is out now from Printcom.

AFTER being on the cusp of global success, swimwear designer Annette Stivaletta has called it quits.

PERTH-BASED Optum Group has launched an online medical directory for general practitioners and specialist doctors in WA.Web-Doctor is a secure service that allows doctors to access information on specialists to ensure patients are referred to the be...

DINGO Is Talent – the television production company behind Home in WA – has been granted a continuation of the series by Channel Seven Perth. Executive producer Ron Reddingius said The Master Builders’ Association of WA would continue its participation in

YOU probably upgrade your mobile phone every 12-18 months, but there’s no need to change your hands-free car kit every time.

SMOOTH. That was how most bodies approached by Business News described their first week of life with the GST.

THE 1998-99 recovery of mineral and energy prices is forecast to continue, with average prices likely to rise more than 5 per cent in 2000-01, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

SCOOP Online – the electronic version of Scoop Magazine – has gained a real-time ticketing system to major events that interacts directly with the Australian EFTPOS network. The database of Perth events has been enhanced, and users can leave comments abou

PANELISED building technology is becoming increasingly popular in the construction of commercial and residential properties, says Building Technologies Australia director Matt Hornibrook.

UNLISTED company Western Areas NL will launch a big drilling program on potential sulphide nickel targets once it achieves its goal of raising $5 million from a float which closed on July 7.

If it wasn’t for a group of doctors celebrating a pre-GST last supper (huh?) – we would not have dined at the Mount Street Café.

Ward Holt closed the books on its 21st financial year on June 30.

EFTPOS solutions provider EftNet has won a major supply, installation and support contract for the recently announced Australian Newsagents Federation BankWest bill payment service.The service is expected to attract at least 1,000 of ANF’s 3,800 new...

FOLLOWING the course of its peers in the resource sector, Cobra Resources Ltd has agreed with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cob.Web Solutions, to take options to purchase an Internet-based mining information and service portal business established by Minin

A NEW telephone system release from NEC is set to give small business users the same features and facilities as many large PABX users, at a fraction of the cost. The Xen Alpha is designed for the small to medium business needing up to six lines and 16...

WESTERN Australian business will reap the benefits of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre with four major conventions already booked for the proposed facility.

INSURANCE giant HBF and information technology consulting firm AeM Consulting Group have formed an alliance.Under the partnership, HBF has taken a minority shareholding in AeM Consulting Group.AeM specialises in electronic business design, project ..

FREMANTLE’S business community came out in force recently to celebrate the achievements of the most successful local businesses at the Fremantle Business of the Year Awards night.

“A Thai fish cake is now exactly that – not a Thai fish cake with a twist.”

Oil producer Anzoil NL is about to move out of its traditional stomping grounds in Vietnam and take to the acquisition trail under a new corporate growth plan.

So much for the mean streets of Northbridge. It wasn’t quite the lawn bowls set, but the groups of young people, the meandering older couples, the wild-eyed men of the street, even the spivs and small time tough guys, were all singularly non-threatening.

PERTH-based Kagara Zinc Ltd has consolidated ownership of its flagship Mt Garnet Zinc project and other exploration projects in North Queensland after reaching agreement with its joint venture partner, Perilya Ltd.

Woodside, naturally, says it will fight the Shell raid in true David and Goliath fashion. It is telling the investment world that it will perform better if left as an independent company and it is just as busy buttering up the news media.