With our pollies keeping busy over the holidays, WA Business News gives you a light-hearted synopsis of key events - water courses, cabinet reshuffle, victim reference, educating leader, trading blows, daylight saving, Peel byelection and more.
Rockingham-based animal pharmaceutical products manufacturer Chemeq Ltd has been ordered to repay $60 million to US bonds trader Stark Trading and Harmony Capital Partners after losing a Supreme Court appeal today.
Specialty gas business Linde Gas Australia Ltd is to be renamed Coregas Ltd, with Wesfarmers completing its purchase of the company today, for a total of $500 million.
South Perth-based energy company Aviva Corporation Ltd has raised $1.1 million for working capital through a placement to its major shareholder, and to WorleyParsons managing director Peter Meurs.
In good news for Sons of Gwalia shareholders, and those of other failed companies, the High Court has upheld a Federal Court finding that the claims should be considered as equal to those of creditors.
In this week's hard copy edition of WA Business News: Mark Beyer reports on the Alinta MBO, which has business asking questions in Perth and beyond, and has raised conerns over the State's corporate reputation.
Perth-based burns treatment developer Clinical Cell Culture Ltd, or C3, has deferred the date it expects to win approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to the fourth calendar quarter of 2007, or even to early next year.
Small business is Western Australia is almost split down the middle on the state's performance. Negative sentiment was at 49 per cent, three percentage points worse than the September survey but still better than in June.
New Zealand infrastructure and utilities investor Infratil Ltd's Australian subsidiary bought a 51 per cent stake in Western Australian energy retailer Perth Energy Ltd through a share issue worth $7 million.
Shares in Woodside joint venture partner Global Petroleum Ltd plumetted 40 per cent today after a decision not to drill for oil in the remaining viable tenement.
Western Australia's impact on the Australian economy is becoming clearer, with new Consumer Price Index figures showing Perth's inflation leads other capitals, running well ahead of other city averages and pulling up the national CPI.
In this week's hard copy edition of WA Business News: Julie-anne Sprague reviews of the role women are playing in the fields of business, the professions and government - and meets Alannah MacTiernan.
Shareholders in liver cancer treatment company Sirtex Medical Ltd voted to remove company founder Bruce Gray from its board this morning, bringing to an end an acrimonious boardroom battle.
Western Australian Liberal powerbroker Ian Campbell has lost his Environment and Heritage portfolio while Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone was dropped from cabinet in today's ministerial reshuffle.
State treasurer Eric Ripper has refused to be drawn on the possibility of cuts to stamp duty despite an increasing din of voices demanding change and further evidence that housing is affecting competitiveness.
Nineteen days into January, and Western Australia's third biggest public industrial company has packed in more boardroom action than most journalists could hope for over a whole year.
Balcatta-based gold and copper company Carnavale Resources Ltd has announced plans to raise $4 million through its initial public offer to fund the purchase of two Brazilian tenements.
