THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES)
Finis pocket $85m cash on retirement homes exit
Adrian Fini and his property development family have emerged with more than $85 milllion in cash after striking a deal to sell their WA retirement villages into a new $1.8 billion venture between investment bank Babcock & Brown and Primelife.
Monadelphous wary despite boom results
Engineering group Monadelphous has warned that a downturn is inevitable despite a booming market which has sent its share price rocketing and profits surging.
"Direction worries" see Sewell quit Aquaculture
Fish farming systems supplier Cell Aquaculture is facing fresh turmoil after the sudden resignation of its only two independent directors, including chairman Robert Sewell.
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES)
Rudd set to snub ALP gabfest amid AWA row
Kevin Rudd could be a shock, eleventh-hour withdrawal from this weekend's Labor Party conference amid growing speculation he is desperate to avoid more damaging criticism of his industrial relations policy from WA's mining industry.
Chemeq to fall to foreign giant
A piece of cutting edge medical technology developed by WA scientists and potentially worth billions of dollars is poised to go to a foreign pharmaceutical giant after overseas investors yesterday triggered the collapse of Rockingham company Chemeq.
Port chief quits amid lead scandal
The head of Esperance's beleagured port authority has announced his retirement int he middle of an investigaton into the lead contamination crisis.
