FORMER Dean of Murdoch University business school, Professor Michael Schaper, has been appointed as second deputy chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
WEST Perth-based Albidon Limited has delivered the first concentrate at its fully-owned Munali Nickel Project, 60 kilometres south of the Zambian capital Lusaka.
WESTERN Australia has recorded a 10.3 per cent rise in bankruptcy levels over the June quarter while national levels over the past financial year were at their second highest on record.
Energy: Alternatives and opportunities beyond the resources expansion The Australian British Chamber of Commerce is to host a breakfast briefing featuring guest speaker, Energy Minister Francis Logan.
START-UP telecommunications company TheBuzz Corp is seeking second-round funding for the roll-out of its VOIP technology to homes and businesses nationally.
WEST Perth-based Oilex Ltd has announced two key appointments, with Ben Clube appointed as chief finance and commercial officer and Kim Morrison as business development manager.
DO you have a team of ‘can do, will do and do do' people? (Not to be confused with ‘dodo' people.) Is the team atmosphere one more of negativity than positivity?
AFTER five years in the role, inaugural state architect Geoffrey London has decided not to renew his contract when it expires at the end of the year, and will instead move to Melbourne to take up the
Perth-based Mission Biofuels Ltd has secured a 12-month contract with a global oil trading company to supply up to 84,000 tonnes of biodiesel starting from next year.
Perth-based Avita Medical Ltd, formerly Clinical Cell Culture, has posted a 16 per cent increase in unaudited revenue over the 2008 financial year, underpinned by strong growth sales of its respiratory products.
Billions lost in US fallout; Primebroker play challenges ANZ's primacy; WA, Qld need extra 127,000 workers every year; Centro exits US portfolio for $728m to cut debts; Drivers spared climate pain as excise cut offsets new tax
Golden West Resources Ltd has hit out at major shareholder Portman Ltd over its proposal to change the make-up of the board, saying if it goes ahead, the latter will have effectively taken control of the company without paying a premium.
Tax grab 'threatening to derail' WA gas expansion; Goyder says scale vital in inflation fight; Toll takes $1.3b hit as it bales out of Virgin Blue; AWB wins backing for corporate overhaul; BHP, Rio cap iron ore price rises for Europe
US based Harbinger Capital has increased its shareholding in Western Australian iron ore miner Midwest Corporation Ltd from 9.1 per cent to 10.53 per cent.
West Perth-based gold miner Troy Resources NL has cashed in its profitable investment in Canadian company Comaplex, raising $47.9 million and potentially more under a 'top up' deal.
Protect BHP, Rio from ETS: Carpenter; More banks tipped to lift rates; US Feds shore up Fannie, Freddie; Jittery investors turn back on emerging company floats: survey; Tatts chief airs tie-up with Tabcorp
Newly-listed engineering company Emerson Stewart Group Ltd said it is on track to beat its fiscal 2008 earnings forecast, as outlined in its prospectus, by at least 5 per cent.
Miners' $500m bet on uranium; Gas find boosts Chevron's Wheatstone hopes; Monarch calls time over weight of Territory debt; Brierty mired in Boddington pay row; Alcoa chief cautious on emissions as costs soar
Adventure Learning Channel Worldwide has pushed back is planned listing on the Australian Securities Exchange to August after lowering its initial public offer to $2.5 million.
Western Australian companies APAC Coal Ltd and Kilgore Oil & Gas Ltd have succumbed to the overall market downturn today, debuting underwater on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Rio Tinto Ltd will sell its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia to a joint venture consortium for $US495 million ($A520 million), as it moves closer to completing its $US10 billion ($A10.5 billion) asset sales target for this year.
IAG shores up its home defences; Gas blast deflates Alcoa's numbers; Fortnum mine owner in strife as fund pulls loan; Half-price tag on Chemeq HQ threatens payout; Macmahon to establish Aboriginal contractors
FORMER technology company, Wavenet International Ltd, has joined the rush by local investors seeking to exploit booming coal prices, agreeing to buy a stake in four coal tenements in Queensland.
Visiting WA Robin Sharma, organisational and leadership coach and best selling author of The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The Greatness Guide, to present his full day leadership workshop, ‘Lead With
BUSINESS confidence in Western Australia has defied a plunging national trend, a new report on Australian's small and medium-sized enterprises market has found.
