THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Business news)
Gilbertson threatens to quit ConsMin deal
A furious Brian Gilberston has threatened to scrap his $600 million takeover bid for Consolidated Minerals after it postponed today's planned shareholder vote in the wake of Territory Resources' rival $950 million offer.
Rising dollar hammers Iluka profit
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has drastically slashed its full year profit target as the soaring Australian dollar continues to bite deep into its bottom line.
Wattle Dam gold find lights up Ramelius eyes
Junior gold miner Ramelius Resources had expected its small Wattle Dam gold mine north of Coolgardie to operate for six months and contribute perhaps $5 million into the company's bank account for the ongoing operatioons in the region.
Packer, Mittal hold fire as fund punt on Fortescue
Australian fund managers have finally thrown their weight behind Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group and its iron ore venture by stumping up most of the $504 million raised in an institutional share offer yesterday.
Battered Yahoo still searching
Apache well calms WA fears of a gas shortage
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (General news)
Costello v Howard: the wounds reopen
Treasurer Peter Costello has exposed the bitterness at the core of the Federal Government by describing John Howard as a failed economic manager.
Boat boom falters as pens dry up
Perth's boating boom, which has seen champagne cruisers become an emblem of the State's economic success, has hit the rocks because of a shortage of pens to house the weekend leisure craft.
CCC report given to PR company before release
The Corruption and Crime Commission gave a confidential report inot panel beater Pasuqle Minniti to a public relations company so its officers could be coached in handling media enquiries once the paper was released, the Parliamentary Inspector of the CCC, Malcom McCusker has found.
