THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Business news)
WIN banks on local angle
Ask regional TV baron Bruce Gordon about his formula for success, and he does not hesitate: local news pulls in local viewers, and in this ratings-dictated game of television audience share is all that matters.
Wyllie heirs start private equity fund
The heirs of the late Bill Wyllie yesterday kicked off moves to diversify his $500 million equities and property legacy by setting up a new funds management offshoot and providing $30million seed capital to its debut new private equity fund.
Battle over at Cemex moves past Rinker takeover treshold
Remaining Rinker investors must hand over their shares in the construction materials group after Mexican cement maker Cemex won the right to compulsory acwuire the company.
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (General news)
Food prices set to soar warn grocers
The price of everyday food such as chicken, red meat and milk will jump by up to 10 per cent over the coming month as the impact of the drought flows from farms to supermarket shelves, the head of Woolworths has warned.
'Use it or lose it,' State warns gas field giants
The Carpenter Governement has moved to adress a critical shortage of domestic gas supply in WA by seeking support from Canberra to toughen th "use or lose it " rules and ioncrease the pressure on multinational companies to surrender undevelopped gas fields.
Multiplex founder saw crisis coming
If John Roberts was still around, the billionaire Multiplex founder would probably have a very blunt message for the WA Government as it conetmplates the unthinkable - a domestic gas crisis in such a gas-rich State.