THE National Australia Bank’s monthly survey on business conditions suggests an Australian economy outpacing most of the world, with the growth momentum seen in the previous quarter moving into the December quarter.
ENRON Corp hails from Houston, Texas. It would be appropriate for the group to boast the biggest bankruptcy in corporate history, with debts of more than $US20 billion.
JOHN Howard endured it, Richard Court suffered it, and now Geoff Gallop has become another political leader with a brother linked to a company in financial difficulty.
A FEW months ago in an unassuming office block in a commercial city precinct, Business News watched a man unpack a work by Picasso. On the wall above, figures in some Toulouse Lautrec posters could have been watching him work.
THE State Government is close to accepting a bid from Pac Asia Holdings to take over the development rights to the stalled Port Kennedy tourism resort project.
DUTY free stores have lost up to 50 per cent of their business as a result of the global aversion to travel following September’s terrorist attacks in the US.
THE Perth branch of Chesterton International has confirmed a merger with Colliers Jardine to create a firm generating up to $12 million a year in revenue.
ABOUT 1700 Optus workers, including 50 in Perth, will be sent on three weeks’ annual leave this Christmas as the telecommunications giant continues to look for savings opportunities.
THE State Government has announced it is clearing the way for Rio Tinto’s $1.5 billion HI-Smelt expansion project, confirming speculation previously reported in Business News.
FOR helping to create one of WA’s largest and most successful piggeries and becoming a major player in the State and international pork markets, Chris Brennan has been nominated for Business News’ 40 Under 40.
THE radio ratings year has come to an end and, after the bloody battles over breakfast earlier in the year, the All New 92.9 has emerged as one of the shining successes of the year.
RECENTLY I had the opportunity to listen directly to the key thoughts of a value-creating chief executive officer, one of the clear leaders in the Australian business community and one whose appointment and subsequent
Breaking ties the best option for this unionLET us not become overly sentimental about possible outcomes of the current calls by Labor MPs to break, or at least markedly weaken, ties between unions and the ALP.
SHAREHOLDERS in Australian Indian Resources subsidiary Rama Mines are expected to realise their investment when Rama lists a gold company on the Bombay Stock Exchange (in Mumbai) in March next year.
