ALL of us have at some time or another felt that we live in a State that rivals paradise, here in WA. Interestingly it is not just us who feel that way.
ALL of us have at some time or another felt that we live in a State that rivals paradise, here in WA. Interestingly it is not just us who feel that way.
UBS Warburg has sent a note to clients spotlighting the flip side of the subterranean Australian dollar.UBS lists 24 companies with offshore earnings to boost their bottom lines.
ACCORDING to a recent survey, only 3.5 per cent of Japanese people trust their politicians. Good Grief ! That’s getting down towards Australian levels.
THE Australian stock market is still sliding at a sedate pace compared with bourses across the water. Some of our home-grown companies are consummate outperformers. AlintaGas at $3.28 is a country mile over the $2.40 issue price.
THE Australian stock market is still sliding at a sedate pace compared with bourses across the water. Some of our home-grown companies are consummate outperformers. AlintaGas at $3.28 is a country mile over the $2.40 issue price.
THE hire car industry has been targeted by the WA Ministry of Fair Trading, which has joined similar bodies around the country in a bid to end unfair practices.
THE Perth Convention and Ex-hibition Centre deal is teetering on whether the Perth City Council gives the Multiplex Consortium $50 million for a 99-year lease on the 1,500-bay car park that will be built under the centre.
The northern waters of Western Australia are among the most prospect-ive in the world for natural gas, with the industry’s challenge now centred more on selling it than finding it.
THE biggest story in Australia’s corporate history occurred this week with the announced merger of Australian mining giant BHP with London’s Billiton plc.
THE historic title of Queen’s Counsel could disappear if a decision by the WA Law Society’s Council to change the silks’ system finds support among barristers.
PRIVATE schools and universities will be offered significantly reduced recruitment costs after being included in the State Government’s centralised recruitment structure for the first time.
THE finance broking business is hardly flavour of the month, yet one of the authors of a comprehensive report into the sector has decided to set up shop in this controversial industry.
MARGARET River winemaker Xanadu is set to hit the acquisition trail in a stock market listing planned for as early as next week after raising about $8 million in new equity.
NEW WA Attorney-General Jim McGinty has headed off on his first interstate outing in his new job, having already played a key role in the resolution of one of the biggest conflicts concerning WA business.
NEW Australian legal giant Allens Arthur Robinson plans to double its Perth office within three years as the AAR merger partners focus on the potential of WA for strategic growth.
LOCAL media monitoring business Rehame has commissioned artist Deborah Netolicky to produce a mural for their office to reflect their dynamic business.
WHILE the talk of the increased export potential of WA’s gas has the sector preparing for another development boom, the State’s domestic natural gas market has suffered setback delays in two major resource projects.
A partnership between Woodside Petroleum and the Museum of Western Australia has resulted in the museum producing a marine documentary which has been picked up by international distributor HitTV.
RHK senior consultant Tony Warton has accepted a position at Mills Wilson Media Consultants amid speculation of a merger between RHK and Assert Marketing and Public Relations.
FORGET the golden soils. Savvy farmers are now turning to the deep blue for inspiration.The WA aquaculture industry is on the edge of a massive boom period, with global demand for seafood delicacies higher than ever.
WHILE a taxonomy for techno personalities sounds like a new GST on nerds and geeks, it is actually an emerging classifi-cation system of the most common personality types as they relate to technology.
WHILE the growth in many companies (especially SME’s) necessitates that a more systematic approach to management is required, it is well to recognise that the policies and procedures that usually accompany efforts to create order should remain
