Conglomerate Wesfarmers says it expects a lower dividend for the third consecutive year as it launches a heavily discounted rights issue to raise nearly $3 billion to help pay down debt from its $20 billion Coles acquisition.
Engineering and infrastructure firm GRD says it will take a $50 million one-off hit from the sale of its loss-making Global Renewables Eastern Creek Facility in Sydney to Emergent Capital.
Newcrest Mining, Australia's biggest gold company, has delivered a drop in gold production during the second quarter and cut full year production forecasts for its Telfer mine in Western Australia.
Earth from above High-profile environmentalist Phillip Toyne is coming to Perth to give a speech at The University of Western Australia Club's theatre auditorium on Tuesday January 20.
LUXURY fashion label Emporio Armani will soon join other high-end retailers at the new Wesley Quarter redevelopment, as the first of the centre's retailers open their doors.
FORMER Woodside Petroleum executive Dave Agostini (pictured) has been appointed executive of the state government-Commonwealth inquiry into the Varanus Island gas explosion, along with Kym Bills of th
ANNE Nolan has been appointed director general at the Department of State Development, with Tim Griffin acting director general at the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
HISTORY shows us that the disillusioned, the disenfranchised, the oppressed, the impoverished, the downtrodden will eventually turn on the society that spawned and then abandoned them.
LUXURY fashion label Emporio Armani will soon join other high-end retailers at the new Wesley Quarter redevelopment, as the first of the centre's retailers open their doors.
Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The
THE state government says it will cut advertising spending by 15 per cent, after campaign and non-campaign advertising increased $20 million in five years under the previous Labor government.
NICKEL miner Western Areas says it has probably recorded the lowest cash costs in Australia as production at its Flying Fox mine in Western Australia exceeded its yearly target.
IT'S another year. Almost a relief isn't it? Good riddance 2008. This year can't be much worse. Or can it? The good news is we're at a point of fresh start, new beginnings. New president.
Perth #1 in radio advertising spend PERTH has come out top of the pops in radio advertising revenue as the medium proves to be the most resilient of the traditional media in tough economic times, The
EMPIRE Beer Group plans to restructure its board to reflect the company's recent change in direction following the divestment of its two leasehold businesses, The Royal in east Perth and the Colonial
BUILDING approvals in WA slumped 30 per cent in November to levels not seen in nearly eight years, as credit shortage and economic uncertainty deterred investors, according to the Australian Bureau of
WESTERN Australia has suffered the biggest fall in job advertisements in December as ads across the country slump to recession-like levels, a key employment measure has found.
GROWTH firms must do their job and continue to build their business in these turbulent times. Following are my thoughts for the leaders of these firms.
THE Housing Industry of Association WA says it is encouraged by its first weekly survey of major builders in Perth, which showed significant increases in visitor numbers through display centres.
Kenneth Ambrecht bought 3,070 shares in Fortescue Metals Group at $2.281 per share at share market price, bringing the total value of his shares to $14,362369.
Directors Richard Monti and Geoff Brayshaw have been given a combined $30,450 worth of Poseidon Nickel shares in lieu of directors fees, as approved by shareholders at the annual general meeting.
GROWTH firms must do their job and continue to build their business in these turbulent times. Following are my thoughts for the leaders of these firms.
PERTH will host a major marketing and business conference – the Australian Masters Marketing Summit 2009 – from March 17-18, featuring some of the world's top marketing executives.
