THE senior executive team at Wesfarmers has agreed to a salary freeze for two years and will forego individual bonuses potentially worth a collective $4.5 million.
DURING the past four years, Cablelogic has grown from a small installation and service company into a mid-tier electrical, communications and renewable energy company serving commercial and industrial customers across the state.
WESTERN Australia continues to dominate the country's share of capital investment on advanced projects with latest figures showing the state accounted for more than 70 per cent of expenditure.
WOODSIDE Petroleum has entered a deal with Apache Corporation for the supply of gas from two Western Australian fields for a second processing train at its Pluto liquefied natural gas facility.
UTILISING the latest in technology while adhering to a simple, effective philosophy has given corporate travel outfit Globetrotter Corporate Travel a fruitful 30-year run in the competitive business travel management market.
IT is the time of year when the agribusiness marketing campaigns run hot, margin lenders boost their advertising spend and an array of exotic investment product spruikers start selling.
ILUKA Resources has received final regulatory approval for its $420 million Jacinth-Ambrosia mineral sands project in South Australia, which allows mining to begin.
THERE are all manner of adjectives used to describe the events surrounding the birth of a child; for fertility clinics, the word 'profitable' is one of them.
Perth-based Avita Medical has received a $2 million grant from the US military to help accelerate the approvals process for its ReCell device, used to treat burns and other skin injuries.
State government land development agency LandCorp has shortlisted four advertising agencies after reviewing its advertising relationships and media spend.
Perth-based State One Stockbroking faces a $235,000 fine for alleged manipulative trading after the industry's appeal tribunal approved an increased penalty.
High investor demand has lifted Carnegie Corporation's capital raising target to nearly $6 million with funds to be used to acquire the intellectual property rights to a wave energy technology.
Six Western Australians have made it into the top 20 of the 2009 BRW rich list with iron ore heiress Gina Rinehart taking the state's number one spot from iron magnate Andrew Forrest.
IT services provider ASG Group expects its earnings for the 2009 financial year to rise nearly 17 per cent on the previous year after securing several major contracts.
Cash-strapped Maximus Resources has put its assets up for sale, including its stake in the Windimurra uranium deposit in WA, as it resigns itself to the belief it will not be able to raise enough funds to develop its first major mine.
Extract Resources is seeking legal advice after shareholder Kalahari Minerals again requested the removal of a director while Rio Tinto and Polo Resources indicate their intention to add board representatives.
Mining services company Emeco Holdings has again cut its net profit forecasts for the current financial year as a result of continuing volatility in global mining and construction industries.
Swiss company Agility Project Logistics has entered into an agreement valued at $250 million with Chevron Australia for supply base operations and transportation services to support the Gorgon gas project.
The first ever national audit of the resources export chain has found key infrastructure shortfalls in Western Australia's $59 billion minerals and energy sector.
Rio Tinto has agreed to a "realistic" cut of more than a third in iron ore prices with Japan's biggest steel maker, as its customers face up to challenging market conditions.
West Perth-based Catalpa Resources has cleared the final hurdle for the development of its $92 million Edna May gold project in Westonia after receiving final environmental approval.
Australia stands out as an island of calm amid the global economic storm despite pessimistic government and media responses, an international business confidence survey shows.
Western Australian businesses using debt collectors have risen by 41 per cent in the March quarter as a slowing economy force firms to address cash flow issues, a new report reveals.
An infrastructure sharing deal struck earlier this year has substantially lowered start up costs for Atlas Iron's next operation with the Wodgina iron ore mine expected to cost under $10 million.
