Tony Sage has been dealt another blow in his bid to overturn an Australian Securities Exchange ban on his companies International Petroleum and Global Iron.
Coote Industrial's financial woes have forced it to turn to its bidder, Elph, for help as it reiterates to shareholders to take no action on the once rejected takeover offer.
Infrastructure company Downer EDI say it has won new contracts worth $300 million, including a $100 million contract for the design of wind turbine generators for the Collgar wind farm in Western Australia.
Greyhound Australia will tomorrow discuss the future of its Western Australian operations after saying the state's transport minister knocked back a request for help.
KPMG has today started a High Court constitutional challenge against the corporate watchdog over the latter's $200 million compensation claim for investors in the failed Westpoint Group.
Shares in Balcatta-based minerals tester Ammtec have soared 30 per cent after it received a $123 million takeover offer from laboratory services and chemicals producer Campbell Brothers.
The corporate watchdog has reached a $2.5 million settlement deal with Glenhurst Corporation and its insurer, QBE, over a class action regarding recommendations of Westpoint Group products.
Myer Holdings says it will open a new store in Lakeside Joondalup as the department store operator reports flat third quarter sales despite a strong performance from Western Australia and South Australia.
Elders has reported a $165 million first half loss, with improvement on its previous first half, and forecast continuing improvement in earnings in the second half if suitable rainfall levels are achieved in Western Australia.
Treasurer Wayne Swan's post-budget roadshow reached Perth last night when he dined with mining industry leaders at accounting firm RSM Bird Cameron, to be followed by a Chamber of Commerce and Industry lunch today.
Interstaff International will undergo a name change as it sells its visa migration advisory business through a management buy-out to managing director Dan Engles, who today resigned from the board.
Osborne Park-based explorer Viking Ashanti has made an underwater debut on the local stock exchange with its share price closing 8 per cent below the issue price.
Rio Tinto has moved a step closer to developing a second port at Cape Lambert in the Pilbara after receiving a conditional recommendation from the Environmental Protection Authority.
Swiss mining giant Xstrata says it has suspended a $30 million copper exploration project in Queensland because of the proposed resources super profits tax.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has launched a salvo at mining executives from his "Treasury bunker" as the war of words over federal Labor's proposed resources rent tax intensifies.
The UK's opposition Conservatives appear to be on course to be the largest party in a hung parliament as incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Brown prepares to start talks with the Liberal Democrat party in a bid to maintain control.
Mining magnate Clive Palmer says he's shelved two big projects because of the federal government's proposed tax, including one which would have created 3,000 jobs.
TWO significant IT services contracts worth almost $50 million with private and public bodies were awarded this week to a pair of global firms with offices in Perth.
URANIUM miner Paladin Energy has disclosed that Canada’s Uranium One Inc, which is backed by the state-owned corporation controlling all of Russia’s nuclear activities, has acquired a strategic shareholding.
WEST Perth-based Centrepoint Alliance plans to merge with financial services provider Professional Investment Holdings through an all-scrip offer that is effectively a reverse takeover.
TWO listed Perth property developers – Axiom Properties and Port Bouvard – have bought time from their banks as the tight financial constraints brought on by the global financial crisis continue to cause angst in the sector.
ANZ and Westpac have joined the other big banks, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and National Australia Bank in raising the standard variable home loan interest rate in line with the 25 basis point rise by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
The Economic Regulation Authority has progressed the development of one of the largest wind farms in the country after granting an electricity generation licence to the $750 million Collgar wind farm in the Wheatbelt.
Premier Colin Barnett says companies are reviewing their investment decisions in the state in light of the federal government's proposed new super tax on miners.
