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ALL deals during the fiscal year were done, or proposed, at a time of financial crisis, attracting a certain level of admiration from the investment community for the successful combatants.

THE recovery in capital raising activity by Western Australian companies continued in the June quarter after the collapse in 2008.

GET back to basics, have the right people and advisers around you, and make sure everyone involved shares the values that have made your business a success.

THE drawn-out debate surrounding Western Australia's ageing grain transport rail network may have finally reached a workable solution.

The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.

THE University of Western Australia has vowed to press ahead with its contentious development of bushland at Shenton Park, despite suffering another setback last week.

THE state government has pledged to fast-track new gas specification legislation that is critical for development of BHP Billiton's $1 billion Macedon domestic gas project.

A MAJOR barrier to expansion in Perth's retail sector has been lifted with the release of the state government's draft 'activity centres policy', according to the peak industry council.

GOOD help, so the saying goes, is hard to find.

AGED-CARE providers have a simple objective - to provide care to those in the community who need it most.

PREMIER Colin Barnett has announced changes to the planning process that will establish the Department of Planning as the lead agency in major redevelopment projects, including the Perth waterfront and Northbridge Link.

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When the economy is the issue, the fight is over how to pay for promises.

Theatre director Matthew Lutton's star is on the rise, and he's busier than ever

LOCAL engineering firms are already planning to cut the number of expatriates employed at their overseas operations due to new tax laws that will significantly increase the annual tax bill of Australians working overseas.

Our banks' performance shows that the market gets it right most of the time.

THE Minerals Council of Australia and the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association have seized on a review of key federal government environmental legislation to step up their campaign for reforms to the approvals process.

There's something missing in the ‘debate' over retail trading hours.

LISTED Perth-based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings is finalising the purchase of Aspire Finance's $240 million mortgage book in its second transaction of the calendar year.

A small group of financial advisers has given the industry a bad name.

EFFORTS to improve Western Australia's record as a home of philanthropists have taken a big step forward with a group seeking to change the state's giving culture winning a $36,700 Lotterywest grant.

A clearer picture of what the Rudd government hopes to achieve is starting to emerge.

The federal government has backed down on its proposed crackdown on employee share schemes, tripling the income cap on the tax break to $180,000.

The RAC has purchased the state's only specialised driver training facility, the Driver Training and Education Centre (DTEC), located near the Perth International Airport.

Significant red tape surrounding regulation of the Western Australian building industry has been removed, with the creation of a Building Commission division of the Department of Commerce.

The Rudd government has sneaked in an eleventh hour change to its unfair dismissal code which will force small busineses to pay 'go-away' money to aggrieved employees, the federal opposition claims.

South Korean steel maker POSCO has invested nearly $8 million in Jupiter Mines and entered into an offtake deal for up to 50 per cent of the West Perth-based company's future iron ore production.

Long-serving creative director at Linc Integrated, Steve Brown is considering establishing a rival agency in Western Australia following news that he, along with three other staff members, have been retrenched from the West Perth-based advertising outfit.

Panoramic Resources has followed through with plans to expand out of nickel by signing a joint venture deal with Thundelarra Exploration, the second agreement in as many days.

Agribusiness companies TFS Corporation and Elders have reported a fall in managed investment scheme sales for the 2008-09 financial year but said they were pleased with the result in light of diffi

New workplace laws come into effect today, a move the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA says will add to the cost of doing business and discourage job creation.

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