THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES)
Jilted suitor still keen on Chemeq
The investment company behind a scuttled $75 million rescue bid for Chemeq is considering a renewed tilt at the biotech pioneer, which fell into receivership and administration on Wednesday after losing its battle with foreign creditors.
HBOS backs flat BankWest
Bankwest reported flat profits last calendar year during one of the most buoyant economic periods in Western Australia's history, though parent HBOS Australia argues that its publisehd results are misleading.
Eumundi bid dead in water: Laurance
Peter Laurance's Axiom Properties has all but conceded defeat in its $22 million takeover tilt for Queensland-based Eumundi Group after the bid failed to attract sufficient support from the target's shareholders.
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES)
Business, unions prepare hostile reception for Rudd on AWAs
Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd will fly into a WA industrial relations storm today with business and unions condemning one of the options being considered by Labor as a solution to the furore over its plan to abolish Australian Workplace Agreements.
Sugar crisis raises fear for Ord
Fears have been raised over the expansion of the Ord River Irrigation Scheme amid a crisis in the Kimberley sugar cane industry blamed on the State Government's failure to develop the region's vast water supplies and agricultural industry.
State faces loss of most seasoned public servants within 10 years.
More than 70 per cent of WA's most experienced public servants want to retire within the next 10 years, a new Government survey has found.
