Staff Reporters

FURTHER gas exploration in WA’s southern Perth Basin could result in revenue of $2 million being generated annually for its partners.

Major Corporate managing director Gerald Major has been appointed industry representative to the Capital City Planning Committee.

Fremantle-based documentary production house Artemis International has secured a development deal with GranadaWest, the joint venture between Granada Media Group and ScreenWest.

ALL-in-one telephones with email and Internet access look set to be big business in 2000.

The Goose has managed to translate city style into a rural environment with more than a little style.It’s a rare culinary pit stop on the way to the vibrant restaurant scene of the Margaret River wine region.Confident interpretations of modern café fa

The Premier, Richard Court, discusses the prime position of Western Australia, big future role of Asia, and community developments.

BASE metals are having a mixed ride on the bourse, with the only exception being aluminium.

NOTEBOOKS are becoming increasingly lightweight and more powerful thanks to developments by chip manufacturers.

THE proposed large increases in global steel production in WA have been welcomed by the Australian gas industry as a leading indicator of improved metals demand and a sign of economic recovery in the North East Asian markets.

WHILE CEOs acknowledge the importance of future business growth, they lack the ability to make it happen, a Drake Management Consulting survey has found.

A PERTH-based electronic retailing website that has been specifically designed for quick use will be launched in March.

INTERNET and information technology business Chrome Global has entered the application service provider market.

PLANS are underway for WRF Securities Ltd to launch an investment scheme in South Australia.

Austrade is the Australian Trade Commission – the Federal Govern-ment’s export and investment facilitation agency.

FOLLOWING the long line of WA resource companies moving into the telecommunications arena, AMX Resources has agreed to purchase 100 per cent of the issued capital of Semaphore Telecommunications.

A MERE two per cent of Australian businesses with an Internet presence reported a profit from transactions generated from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.

I had never been to Coco’s at South Perth until last week. In fact, I had hitherto avoided it.

AFTER a long and nail-biting wait, Hardman Resources NL has finally clinched the big deal that could result in the junior developing into a substantial producer.

“WAIT” is the advice from analysts with regards to Microsoft’s impending release of Windows 2000 – the long-awaited upgrade to the Windows NT operating system.

IT IS just on seven years since the Coalition Government was elected on a platform of bringing sound financial management to the State.

MACMIN NL is progressing towards producing silver from its Texas Silver project by the last quarter of this year.

A WA-made careers guidance video was one of seven finalists in its category at the New York Festival’s International Film and Video Competition.

PROGRESSIVE expansion of its vineyard and winery operations will result in the Houghton Wine Company building a new facility in the South West next year.

WA-based venture capitalist Burdekin Resources Ltd has invested a 40 per cent stake in a new joint venture between Oracle Corporation Australia and US-based Liberate Technologies.

TRADING conditions in WA are improving with the economy being steady but set to accelerate.

JUNIOR hydrocarbon explorer Nido Petroleum Limited has made considerable progress with its project in China and expects to produce oil in the first quarter of this year.

NEARLY 40 per cent of workers would accept a job following avirtual interview, a virtual tour of the workplace and viewing footage about the employer, according to a recent survey by Monster.com.au.

TEAMS vying for the America’s Cup have used Fremantle-based Formation Design Systems’ software technology to design their yachts.

THE movement against cybersquatting, the use of trade marked names for websites which are not held by the owner, is gaining momentum.

JUNIOR oil and gas explorer First Australian Resources NL has signalled its intent to the bourse that it intends going down the track of the electronic superhighway.

THE days of retail giants such as Harvey Norman, Woolworths and Coles entering the non-bank financial industry are not far away.

AUSTRALIA’S first purely online directory developer has been created with shareholders in Boss Resources voting to change the company’s name to Aussie Online Limited.