West Perth-based ARC Energy has hit back at claims that it breached a confidentiality agreement after it received a writ from Oil Basins Ltd late last week.
Project delays have prompted Belmont-based engineering and construction company Paladio Group Ltd to report a smaller profit of $55,000 for the 2008 financial year.
IMF (Australia) Ltd said the first distribution of money owed to creditors from the failed miner Sons of Gwalia Ltd has started, as administrators accept an increase in the value of claims.
Nedlands-based Integra Mining Ltd will move to feasibility study for its Randalls gold project near Kalgoorlie after an earlier study pegged capital costs at $85 million.
The state's small to medium enterprises are keeping up with their larger counterparts as business conditions continued to further weaken SME's across the country.
Western Australia is one of two states that have defied the downward path of Australia's manufacturing activity, which sunk to a near three-year low as high interest rates slow the economy.
HBOS, the UK parent company of BankWest, has recorded a 56 per cent fall in net profits for the first half of 2008 due to credit crunch turbulence while earnings at its Australian arm dipped 12 per cent.
Ensuring the ongoing strength of the arts sector in Western Australia beyond the boom will only be achieved by building relevance of the arts in the community, according to participants at the WA Business News forum.
This week's landmark decision on the preferred developer for the Oakajee port project has reminded Western Australians that Japan still plays a very big role in the state's economy.
THE Australian share market had its largest one-day fall in six months, closing more than three per cent weaker and wiping $38.5 billion from its value, on troubling news from National Australia Bank
Western Australian mining and mining service industries have experienced a huge rise in the demand for skills and equipment which, along with higher fuel costs, has driven up their costs of doing business.
Of Western Australia's 32 premiers, only two - Sir John Forrest and Sir Charles Court - are likely to ever get within cooee of challenging Brian Burke in the most-written-about stakes.
Bannerman Resources Ltd non-executive director Alastair Clayton has increased his stake in the company through the exercise of 4.8 million options at a total cost of $1.9 million.
When prominent Perth accountant Frank Cooper was asked to join the WA Opera board, his initial reaction was: "The fat lady with horns? Not my cup of tea".
The important role of leadership in boosting the arts was strongly voiced at the boardroom forum, with some participants calling for the premier to take on the portfolio.
Shares in Subiaco-based Sam's Seafood Holdings Ltd will start trading on the local stock market later this week after a three year administration hiatus.
Takeover target Ausdrill Ltd has forecast earnings growth in the 2009 financial year of at least 20 per cent after posting a 31 per cent increase in net profit after tax for fiscal 2008.
Less than a week before shareholders are due to meet, West Australian Metals Ltd has sought legal advice to clear up claims that dissident shareholder Vladimir Nikolaenko could control more than 40 per cent of the company.
Macquarie Bank Ltd has emerged as the biggest shareholder in Perth-based African gold explorer Azumah Resources Ltd after subscribing to shares worth nearly $2 million.
Perth-based small-medium enterprise investor Greencap Ltd is set to bolster its reach in South Australia and the Northern Territory after agreeing to acquire Adelaide consultancy AEC Environmental Pty Ltd for $3.8 million.
West Australia Metals Ltd is seeking legal advice over a letter mailed out to shareholders from requisitioning parties over the removal of a company director.
Project delays in Ghana have prompted Como-based construction company Forge Group Ltd to revise its earnings guidance to between $10.5 million and $12.5 million.
Listed accounting and financial services group Count Financial Ltd has taken a 4.9 per cent interest in Mortgage Choice Ltd after earlier discussions of a possible merger between both companies.
Gallagher Holdings, controlled by Russian minerals magnate Alisher Usmanov, is set to take more than a 20 per cent share in Perth-based Strike Resources Ltd after subscribing to shares worth $103 million.
The squabble between Portman Ltd and Golden West Resources Ltd has turned up a notch as questions arise from a non-refundable $820,000 deposit for an acquisition.
