Staff Reporters

THE first ever ranking of Australia’s most popular web sites has been compiled by Internet research company IMR Worldwide.

THE possibility of Virgin Airlines entering the domestic passenger market is good news for Western Australians.

AROUND $7 million is available to businesses in the textile, clothing and footware industry through strategic investment programs, says TCF Resource Centre of WA manager Carol Hanlon.

Contractors to Woodside Petroleum, and that includes about every second business in WA, may be in for a rough time as the big oil and gas producer launches headlong into its cost cutting crusade.

Spectacular natural gas resource estimates – said to eclipse all the reserves in WA – have spurred exploration by Australian Coalbed Methane Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carbon Minerals NL.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS carrier and infrastructure developers Amcom Telecommunications and FiberTel Limited have merged to create one of the most aggressive listed players in the high-speed data telecommunications market.

CORPORATE fashion trends have diversified greatly over the past twenty years, says Martins managing director Martin Van Kampen.

When I first came to Perth sixteen years ago, I was met at the plane by a journalist from the newsroom I had been brought west to edit.

Despite a quiet year in terms of exploration and production activities, Stirling Resources NL has undergone considerable transformation.

OSBORNE Park-based Demtal Marketing Australia has gained national attention for its web site marketing system.

AFTER acquiring a huge slice of Western Australia in the Sandstone district, Troy Resources NL is now selecting drill targets for the coming year.

SOFTWARE Engineering Australia has donated translation software to Murdoch University for its Senate Room.

BACK in 1995, Nicholas Negro-ponte in his book Being Digitalsuggested the greatest single obstacle to the roll-out of the information economy was the vast army of digitally homeless CEOs and senior managers.

Cconrads executive chef Lee Martin has been recognised as the best kitchen services employee in the recent Australian Hotels Association Awards.

PERTH-based Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited, buoyed by the gold price recovery and exploration success, is planning a second gold mine in Sardinia.

AUSTRALIA’S first Initial Public Offering sponsored solely by an Internet stockbroker closed heavily oversubscribed in four days.

A WA organisation of four heavyweight companies has been formed to establish electronic business solutions.

WA hotels prove their worth in the Australian Hotel Association Awards.

A PROGRAM of seismic exploration is planned by Hardman Resources NL and its partners after the company negotiated two hydrocarbon blocks off the West African coast.

It seems privacy issues are once again at the forefront of attention on the web.

The Hyde Park Hotel has solidified its reputation as a popular live entertainment venue with a win at the recent 1999 Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.

There’s something quite refreshing about Code. Code is cool. Not in a tedious, gen-next, I’m-too-sexy-for-my-customers kind of way, but in the best possible way.

A major downturn in the resource sectors has been forecast by the Australian Geoscientists’ Skills & Employment Advancement Network which is concerned that the recent surge in the price of gold has created a false air of optimism within government, busine

CREATIVE, energetic staff members can provide better marketing than any advertising agency could offer, says Rydges general manager Tomas Jonsson.

A PERTH audience has been given a crash course in taking massive action to change the quality of their bank account by Canadian author Gerry Robert.

Web design and multimedia specialists Bluegem E-Link was swamped with applicants for its free web site offer at the recent Computer & Technology Expo.

WA INTERNET and information technology company Chrome Global has opened its public float with twenty million shares available at 25 cents each.

THE SUBIACO Hotel has won the best restaurant category in the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence against stiff competition.

WEST Perth-based Nido Petroleum Limited – formerly known as SOCDET – has picked up a 40 per cent option in the Zhongyuanrehabilitation project in Central China which could result in an oil cash flow by mid-2000.

PERTH-based eftpos service provider EftNet has listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

RECENT announcements indicate some very positive developments in Western Australia’s resource sector.

Cable Beach Inter-Continental Resort Broome’s signature restaurant Pandanus has won the best fine dining venue category at the Australian Hotels Association Awards for Excellence.