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The term ‘new economy' was a popular buzz phrase during the dot com boom of the late 1990s.

Business operators using Fremantle Port are being urged to start planning for the expected spike in activity over the Christmas period to ensure the logistics chain can cope.

WESFARMERS Ltd and the UWA Perth International Arts Festival have won the top prize for a business arts partnership at the national Australia Business Arts Foundation Awards, held in Sydney this week.

On Monday last week, Ric Stowe's private Griffin Group released a statement claiming success for an experiment to reduce salinity levels at Wellington Dam.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of I

BEST known as a book retailer, Dymocks is now dealing in prime Western Australian real estate.

A state government review of iron ore developments in the Mid West has been welcomed by companies with major projects in the region but left a cloud over several potential mines.

The state government's land agency, LandCorp, is planning a 40 per cent increase in the number of housing lots it releases across regional Western Australia in 2007-08 as it seeks to keep up with burgeoning demand in mining-rich regional towns such as Por

Grange Resources Ltd managing director Geoff Wedlock (above) has resigned from his position and is due to leave the company in January next year.

The head of the Association of Western Australian Art Galleries has labelled the Art Gallery of Western Australia an embarrassment and is hopeful that an incoming director will be able to attract more government funding to help turn the gallery into a wor

Retail giant Harvey Norman is finalising a lease over a huge parcel of land at Jandakot Airport, opening the way for the construction of one of Perth's biggest industrial warehouses.

Commonwealth Bank has appointed Clinton Cusworth as corporate relationship executive in the Perth corporate banking team.

Followers of the nickel sector are expecting further takeover activity after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.

With decent supply of new office space in Perth's CBD at least two years away and rents continuing to escalate, some companies are starting to sub-lease non-essential space to take advantage of strong market conditions.

Actinogen Ltd - Diane Burrows has been appointed as joint company secretary. Breakaway Resources Ltd - Trevor Hart has been appointed as joint company secretary.

The University of Western Australia's long-running battle to develop a 33-hectare parcel of land in Shenton Park looks set to proceed after the Environmental Protection Authority concluded that its proposal was acceptable.

The Food Industry Association WA Inc.

The state government has introduced a package of industrial relations reforms that look set to undermine parts of the federal government's WorkChoices legislation and increase the powers of the WA Industrial Relations Commission.

With housing affordability squarely on the national agenda in the lead up to the federal election, one of Western Australia's most prolific residential developers, Nigel Satterley

Geraldton Economic Alliance is hosting the fourth bi-annual Mid West Economic Summit on November 8 at Queens Park Theatre in Geraldton.

West Perth-based minerals explorer Range Resources Ltd has raised 4 million pounds through a placement of 18 million shares at 22 pence each on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.

Subiaco-based Natural Fuel Ltd lost its chairman, former Liberal leader John Hewson, and two directors today, less than one week after releasing an annual report showing a net loss of $47.8 million.

West Perth-based Nare Diamonds Ltd and Continental Goldfields Ltd have received shareholder approval to change their names, the companies announced today.

Shares in Subiaco-based Strategic Minerals Corporation NL were down 10 per cent at close of trade after Oxiana Ltd announced it would not proceed to the second stage of a farm-in agreement over the Woolgar uranium project in Queensland.

US-based Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific has acquired the Broadwater Resort & Spa, Dunsborough, for a price in line with the site's $12.3 million book value, vendor West Perth-based Westralia Property Trust Ltd has announced.

The State Government is seeking public comment on the future management of the Millstream-Chichester National Park, in the Pilbara, Environment Minister David Templeman has announced.

The mystery holder of 17.7 per cent of West Perth-based takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd has been tracked to Cyprus, via Ukraine and the Czech Republic, the company has announced.

Herdsman-based Olympia Resources Ltd will acquire a zircon concentrate processing plant in Kalimantan ahead of the company's own mine being set up.

Subiaco-based manganese explorer Spitfire Resources Ltd will today open its initial public offer, aiming to raise $4 million for exploration and working capital.

The State Government is evaluating the establishment of a new outer harbour at Port Hedland to accomodate the Pilbara's surging export volumes, marking a major shift from its plan to develop a new iron ore port at Ronsard Island.

Xstrata meets with WA government to discuss its $3.1b Jubilee takeover; Harold Clough quits Clough board after family sell down; Coventry rose by 3pcts yesterday; WA Department of Agriculture quits involvement in wheat breeding; Myer staff wins pay rise.

Harold Clough has stepped down from the engineering company founded by his father.