THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Business news)
Rio warns Mongolia to clear $3.2b project
Rio Tinto has stepped up the pressure on Mongolia to agree to an investment deal for the $3.2 billion-plus development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project.
ConsMin hits record on Palmary bid talk
Shares in takeover target Consolidated Minerals surged to record levels yesterday amid growing expectations that Ukrainian billionaire Gennadiy Bogulyubov is poised to raise his bid for the WA manganese miner.
Surprise choice to head Wesfarmers-Coles tie up
Wesfarmers has promoted a relatively low-profile but internally respected senior executive Keith Gordon to the huge task of ensuring its proposed record-breaking takeover of the underperforming Coles empire is implemented smoothly.
Western Areas duo vow to fight
Multi-millionaire Perth businessman Terry Streeter has vowed not to settle a legal stoush with a group of high-powered Perth Businessmen who are suing him and fellow David Cooper for a slice of their combined $137 million nickel fortune.
Alcoa funds Arc drilling in Basin
Fox eyes $1b as Qantas looks to beef up its freight offshoot
Alcoa chief backs call on arts cash
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (General news)
I won't serve a full term, says Howard
John Howard revealed last night that he plans to retire some time in the next three years if re-elected.
Bond corpse is buried, with thousands still owed millions
Creditors of Alan Bond's failed public flagship Bond Corporation were yesterday mailed a final dividend cheque of 7.2 cents in the dollar.
US treasury head warns of world credit squeeze
The world is headed for its worst credit squeeze in 20 years, America's top Treasury official has warned, as oil prices hit record highs.
Multiplex poised to take $40m from Cott
Multiplex appears set to quit its three-year campaign to redevelop the Cottesloe Beach Hotel into a luxury apartment complex and instead cash in on a huge profit by selling the property for more than $40 millions.
Fast broadband bypasses WA