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After several months trading at their Collie Street address, owner/proprietor Michael Della Penna and the team behind The Gelato Company in Fremantle are moving.

Well-known Western Australian businessman and philanthropist Bill Wyllie passed away this week aged 73 after a long battle with cancer.

Roy Weston CEO Geoff Baldwin has stood down from the position he has held for five years and has passed on the reigns to the group's current leading franchisee, Shane Kempton.

Tributes have flowed in from business and the community leaders following the death earlier this week of 73-year-old Perth property tycoon Bill Wyllie after a long battle with cancer.

Bill Wyllie is one of Western Aust-ralia's success stories, perhaps most notably because we got him back.

Let's be frank about the performance of the second Gallop Government in its first year, 2005; it was lacklustre.

Economists are born pessimists. That's why some of them are warning that the boom times being generated by China's demand for commodities will not last.

New figures out this week paint a bleak picture for minerals exploration in Western Australia. Put simply, the locals are losing out to more aggressive operators from the eastern states and overseas.

Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group is expected to finish its internal financing plans this week so US bank Citigroup can start the much-awaited funding campaign for the company's $2.5 billion iron ore project in the Pilbara.

OzJet's decision to concentrate on charter work has left business travellers awaiting the arrival of Jetstar and its budget service.

Antarctica is a continent of extremes. It's actually a desert, receiving about the same precipitation as the Sahara. But if Antarctica were to melt, the sea level would rise more than 18 metres.

Property tycoon Bill Wyllie has died today aged 73 after a long battle with cancer.

Intellectual property commercialisation company, QPSX Ltd, has recorded a half year net loss of $1.1 million as compared to a net loss of $1.6 million for the same period in 2004.

Cannington-based technology developer QRSciences Ltd has received an investment of $1 million from its Australia, New Zealand and Oceania distributor XTEK Ltd.

A joint venture between Western Australian companies SpectrumData and Access Information Management has won a three-year multi-million dollar contract to manage and store Woodside Energy's petroleum exploration data assets.

St Patrick's Day celebrations in Perth this year are taking a decidedly more sophisticated turn, thanks to the newly formed WA Lansdowne Club.

Chris Taylor's Bluewater Grill in Applecross is hosting this year's first event for Devlin's Cigar Divan.

Dunsborough's growth from sleepy seaside town to the playground of Perth's elite has forced local real estate agents to change their businesses models to better deal with their new clientele.

Listed residential property developer Cedar Woods has expanded its residential property portfolio in Melbourne, paying $24 million for 57 hectares of land in Lalor.

Many of China's major resources and trading houses have quietly positioned themselves in Perth, seeking a foothold in the market for the raw materials needed to maintain their country's rampant economic growth.

The door to billions of investment dollars from China's second largest iron ore trader, Sinosteel Corp, is open to Western Australian miners and explorers as the company's quest to secure long-term supplies gathers momentum.

China's largest airline, China Southern Airlines, is putting the pressure on its $35 million-plus China Southern West Australian Flying College operations in Perth and Merredin to produce more commercial pilots.

Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp

Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp

I had an interesting discussion about the rising costs of oil with Motor Trades Association executive director Peter Fitzpatrick recently.

Last month, former Labor premier Carmen Lawrence was asked during a television interview about her predecessor, Brian Burke, his role within the Labor Party and his relationship with government.

On March 16 last year, someone paid $5.50 for a parcel of shares in Fortescue Metals Group. It was the peak price on the day.

ISP leader Michael Malone used the stage to dramatic effect in accepting his award as the WA Business News 40under40 1st Amongst Equals last night, further lashing Telstra before revealing a heartfelt story about his son's autism.

Diversified metals company, Marengo Mining announced it had secured a new major investor in international commodities trading company, Sempra Metals & Concentrates Corp, agreeing to take up a strategic $1.2 million placement in Marengo. Diversified

Cedar Woods Properties has expanded its residential property portfolio into Melbourne's northern growth corridor paying $24 million for the acquisition of 57 hectares of land in suburban Lalor.

The Hilton Hotel, Rosemount Wines and Riedel, the world's finest glassware manufacturer, have joined forces to present a special dinner event showcasing each of the company's strengths.

Receivers will soon put several former Westpoint sites on the market for sale in an attempt to recover cash to pay creditors following the property developer's recent collapse.