Optus says it added 182,000 new mobile customers in the three months to September, while British mobile phone company Vodafone has announced its net profit has slumped 35 per cent to $5 billion in the first half of its financial year.
More chief executives will be sacked for underperformance in 2008 than last year and this will be due mostly to the global financial crisis, researchers say.
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has defended Treasury's growth forecast, saying it does not conflict with more pessimistic predictions by the World Bank and the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Investors rush to pour $3bn into NAB; 'Green car' drive in Rudd's industry rescue; Community bars bureaucrats to protest Beagle Bay gas plan; Liberty chairman quits uranium hopeful over self-interest issues; World buoyed by surprise stimulus package
The federal government's $6.2 billion investment in the car industry has been applauded by car makers around the country and the unions representing more than 60,000 employees tied to the car industry.
Mine employment caves in; WA gas demand to double; Uranium's still hot despite Rio's slowdown plans; Pressure on US to bail out car giants; Obama demands new rescue plan
Perilya's Broken Hill mine has received an extended lifeline with an increase in resources boosting the life of the operation from three years to nine.
Less than two months after it floated on the Australian market, Perth-based Aluminex Resources will delist after a technical glitch with its initial public offer.
The competition watchdog has urged small businesses in Western Australia to be vigilant during the economic downturn, as larger firms could feel the pressure to cut corners.
West Perth-based miner Kagara has been granted an extension to its $100 million facility by the National Australia Bank while Westpac has provided a $50 million facility.
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has downgraded its annual growth forecast for 2009 to between 10 per cent to 20 per cent growth as the economic crisis delays projects.
Burke charged with corruption; State projects get the axe as cash dries up; Receivers refuse to guarantee ABC child-care centres will stay open; ASIC won't intervene in Incremental bid; Rudd goes local with $1bn spend
Welshpool-based engineering company RCR Tomlinson has appointed United Group executive Paul Dalgleish as its new chief executive, effective from the start of next year.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia throughout October have reversed the previous month's fall, climbing over 4 per cent according to the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
Western Australia's jobless rate for October has been described as "sensational" as the figures tumbled towards record lows while the national rate held steady.
Global crisis blows $40bn hole in budget; Warning of 9pc jobless rate; Banks' patience running out; Guarantee in need of tweaking; Chinalco regains hold on Rio blocking stake
THE competition watchdog says it will not intervene in the acquisition of West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd shares by its largest shareholder and suspected predator, Seven Network Ltd.
METALLURGICAL testing firm Ammtec Ltd has announced that it does not expect to sell its 68.5 per cent interest in a US company anytime soon after a $29 million deal to offload the interest fell throug
NOMAD Building Solutions Ltd chairman Geoff Allen (pictured) has announced his retirement after over two years in the role, effective at the company annual general meeting last week.
New WESTERN Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has had to deal with a heated lobster fishing industry after new plans to restrict the commercial and recreational catch of western rock lobster
BELMONT Business Enterprise Centre manager Carol Hanlon has been awarded the Australian Taxation Office Award for Best Business Enterprise Centre manager in Australia.
Work to start on Victoria Quay A START will be made in the first half of 2009 on one of Perth’s most controversial construction projects, the commercial precinct at Victoria Quay overlooking the Frema
DOWN here at Noteville we like a business leader who can always see a silver lining, even as the dark clouds of global turmoil continue to roll across our once bright blue corporate skies.
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