Special Reports

Between 200 and 300CE, when the Roman Empire was still a superpower, albeit in decline, its citizens complained of two types of bandits – those who were mobile and those who were stationary.

Booming commodity prices mean annual minerals exploration spending in Australia is expected to exceed $1 billion this year for the first time since 1997. See Special Reports for related articles.

“He brought to business the moral passion of an evangelist, and he was the first of the great modern merchant princes to understand that the mass of people is moved less by monetary considerations than by appeals to the imagination.”

Boans city department store was a Perth institution from its opening in November 1895 until 1986 when the doors closed for the last time. See Special Reports for related articles.

Nearly one in every three dollars collected by State Treasury over the coming financial year could be taken in payroll tax – a huge $1.24 billion – making it businesses' biggest burden.

Dual listings on foreign exchanges by Western Australian-based juniors with an international focus are increasing in popularity, according to a recent Geoscience Australia report.

Exploration expenditure data for Australian Stock Exchange-listed exploration companies has confirmed last quarter's prediction that expenditure could level out in the March quarter.

Not everyone was filled with nostalgia when Boans Ltd closed its doors at 1pm on Saturday April 12 1986.

One way of examining Western Australia's record on tax is to compare overall business taxing level here to regimes in other states.

A new technology developed at Curtin University and currently being commercialised by Sydney company, Neuromonics, is seeking to change the widely held view that the medical condition tinnitus cannot be treated.

Gerry Monteiro narrowly escaped family tragedy twice in an eight-month period a few years ago when he almost ran over his son while reversing the family caravan down the driveway.

Embedded Technology Corporation is in many ways an archetypal early stage software company, driven by dedication and enthusiasm but with global aspirations.

Former Orbital Engine Corporation chief executive Kim Schlunke came to some interesting conclusions when he sat down three years ago to ponder the future of recreational transport.

Researchers at the University of Western Australia have licensed a technology that may lead to a new treatment for osteoporosis, the skeletal disorder that affects almost two million Australians.

Perth company Cool Energy is preparing for field trials of a ‘gas sweetening' technology that could allow dozens of ‘shut in' gas fields around the world to be developed.

In universities, in public research institutions, even in the proverbial backyard sheds, vast numbers of inventive, creative types around Australia are looking for the next big breakthrough.

Home-grown technology developed by private Perth company McRobert Aquaculture Systems has been promoted as having the potential to “revolutionise” the global aquaculture industry.

Cell Aquaculture

Perth investors who like the taste of barramundi are currently in the rare position of being able to select from an investment menu with three Western Australian aquaculture companies.

Niche markets can be hard to grow in, especially since marketing requires selling a brand and often the business concept.

Messages on Hold managing director Kym Illman attributes the growth of his business to a total focus on customer service.

Follow five simple business rules and growth will happen according to cook-chill catering enterprise, Total Catering Solutions director John Mitchell.

Growth businesses are organisations with an expanding presence and recognised brand.

National Lifestyle Villages (NLV) has set its sights on establishing 100 self-contained villages across Australia that will house up to 40,000 people over the next 20 years. And it's well and truly on the way to achieving that goal.

When a company goes from a standing start to nearly 400 staff in the space of three years, you might think it would be time to take stock and consolidate.

PIVoD Technologies, a Perth-based provider of media on demand technology for use in museums, as well as residential and corporate systems, has secured a position in this year's Rising Stars.

Balcatta-based Blackadder Group's growing client base includes CBD high-rises, Goldfields and North-West resource projects, industrial complexes, including water treatment plants, freeway and rail repair, extension and modification, and offshore oil and g

What stands Change Corporation ahead of its competitors, according to the company's managing director Rob Evans, is providing clients with a combined consulting and IT solutions service, but then going one step further and implementing the technology t

By seizing on opportunities in the market and focusing on becoming a wholesale distribution business, Australian Gypsum Industries (AGI) has cemented a place as one of this year's Rising Stars.

In 2003, when WA Business News and Deloitte ran the first Rising Stars survey, the top-ranked business was advertising agency Gatecrasher.

With interest rates at their lowest levels in 20 years, the Australian mortgage market has never been healthier. But as rates have begun to climb this year, the number of new loan approvals is diminishing.

A date of completion has been tentatively set for the 50-million-ounce-plus Golden Mile that no Kalgoorlie resident thought would ever run out of gold.