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IAIN Gerrard and Mike McNulty may have a new name on their business cards but in many respects their working lives have been unaffected by the collapse of Andersen.

David Pike profiles a region of South Australia that, while new to wine production, looks likely to produce some quality grapes.

WHEN former Andersen tax partner Keith Johns received his formal job offer from Ernst & Young last year, he saw that he had two choices.

In the second of a six-part series on corporate superannuation, Mark Beyer looks at some of the issues employers need to address when reviewing their fund.

THE bunfight surrounding VRI Biomedical had just gone off the corporate radar over the Easter break when the sudden implosion of national therapeutic drug giant Pan Pharmaceuticals appeared as a large blip on the screen this week.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has launched a survey of defined benefit superannuation schemes offered by company super funds.

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THE Gallop Government's guillotining of former premier Brian Burke's and one-time minister Julian Grill's lobbying work highlights several interesting inconsistencies.

It's no secret that some web sites work better than others. But the question is … what's their secret? Julie-anne Sprague reports.

THE Australian Innovation Festival starts at Bentley's Technology Park on Monday May 5.

FUND managers believe universities are too focused on basic research and do not have a strong commercial outlook. For their part the universities say that a failure to back pure research stifles ‘chance' commercially viable opportunities.

In this week's instalment on property development, Tracey Cook looks at getting approval and finding finance.

WA does not have an innovation strategy and, according to TechStart Australia venture manager Marcus Christian, WA is the only State in Australia besides Tasmania without a biotechnology strategy.

The coffee-led revolution on Beaufort Street in Highgate shows no sign of slowing down, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

DEVELOPING an innovation strategy will help foster and grow WA's R&D capabilities, but just what should that strategy encompass?

A new Australian wine producer opens for business every 61 hours, leading some to think there are too many labels in the market. David Pike reports.

ACCORDING to the State Government, WA gained its 10 per cent of funding in the latest round of CRC funding.

In the first of a six-part series on corporate superannuation, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of increased regulation. AUSTRALIAN companies are voting with their feet.

MUCH is hanging on next month's scheduled announcement of the preferred tenderer, or possibly tenderers, to supply electricity to Western Power in six West Kimberley centres.

THE report of the HIH Royal Commission has added to the debate over audit independence and accounting standards by recommending changes that go well beyond current reform proposals.

I ATTENDED a function the other day on the value of corporate citizenship and was surprised by the level of debate that this subject sparks.

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PREMIER Gallop's official website carries information that, on the face of it, looks impressive.

ONCE considered by those outside the loop as little more than the latest ‘must have' for mobile phone-attached teens, short message service (SMS) technology has evolved to embrace a vast new world of information.

THE National Office for the Information Economy has recommended that the Federal Government legislate against unsolicited email, or spam.

A RECENT report has found mobility will be the driver for PC sales in Australia this year.

IT analyst outfit META Group will host its inaugural Perth breakfast on May 1.

THE influence of e-commerce is far more pervasive than many of us realise, and more than some of us would like to acknowledge.

E-COMMERCE has been the catalyst for an increase in the number of small and micro exporters, according to Austrade.

WHILE there may be a small run on The West Australian's stock if cross media ownership laws change, it appears unlikely that the paper will become a takeover target.

THE WA Museum has secured a documentary deal with Japan's largest broadcaster, NHK.

A YAWNING chasm between the State's research sector and its development counterpart appears to be the principal barrier to Western Australia securing a larger share of the national funding allotment.