Colin Jacoby

Fremantle icon, the Roma restaurant, will be closing its doors on April 1st after serving eager diners for the last 52 years.

Radiology services provider Perth Imaging has entered into an agreement with DCA Group Ltd for DCA to acquire 100 per cent of the company for cash.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has risen from 4.1 per cent to 4.2 per cent in February but still has the second lowest rate in the country behind the ACT, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Cannington-based technology developer QRSciences Ltd has received an investment of $1 million from its Australia, New Zealand and Oceania distributor XTEK Ltd.

Over 400 workers returned to work today on the city tunnel section of the troubled Perth to Mandurah railway, ending a twelve day strike.

Medical technology company Advanced Ocular Systems Ltd has secured a $1.4 million Commercial Ready grant from AusIndustry for its work in treating eye disease.

The Western Australian office of Sea-Slip Marinas (Australia) Pty Ltd is bidding for more than $500,000 of contracts this year to provide marina pontoons in Thailand.

Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd intends to apply for admission on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange to maintain and enhance its global profile, and gain greater exposure and access to European-based capital, according to managing di

South Perth-based Prime Solar Power Pty Ltd is in the process of developing its first pilot solar power project in Western Australia.

Mining giant Newmont Mining Corporation plans to proceed with the development of the Boddington project in Western Australia for as much as $2 billion in partnership with AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

Shares in Malaga-based scaffolding and production equipment supplier PCH Group Ltd have risen 12.8 per cent this morning after the company posted a half year net profit of $11.9 million, a 121 per cent increase over the previous corresponding period.

Mining giant Newmont Mining Corporation plans to proceed with the development of the Boddington project in Western Australia for as much as $2 billion in partnership with AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

Shares in Hamilton Hill-based Cell Aquaculture Ltd have increased 10 per cent following news it had signed an operating agreement with Nevada-based aquaculture company Delta Aquaculture Services LLC.

Shares in Perth-based gold and base metals explorer Berkeley Resources Ltd have risen four per cent after its announcement of a placement to raise $3.15 million to be used on the exploration of its Spanish uranium projects.

Shares in Perth ISP iiNet Ltd closed more than 5 per cent lower, rebounding from early fall of 10 per cent as the market responded to its half year net profit of $1.3 million, released after the market's close on Friday.

The house price index in Perth rose 6.6 per cent in the December quarter, the largest percentage change out of the eight capital cities, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Construction work completed in Western Australia reached a record $3.46 billion in the December quarter of 2005, while the state's population passed 2 million at June 2005 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

West Perth-based Schaffer Corporation Ltd has posted a half year net profit of $3.6 million, down from the previous corresponding period's $6.6 million, with its automotive leather business experiencing difficult trading conditions for the period.

Shares in West Perth-based Finland base metal explorer Vulcan Resources Ltd have risen over 12 per cent following news it had secured a $3 million facility with Macquarie Bank Ltd.

Fremantle-based Little World Beverages Ltd has posted a net profit for the half year of $1.4 million, up 9.3 per cent on the previous year, which the company says is in line with its forecast for the period.

The announcement last week by Wesfarmers Ltd of a $447.5 million half-year net profit wasn’t enough to deter industrial analysts from pointing to a lack of growth in the diversified industrialist’s non-energy divisions.

The City of Albany is lobbying for a state government commitment to expand a ring road for the diversion of heavy traffic resulting from the new $20 million woodchip terminal.

Plantation forestry companies Timbercorp Ltd and Integrated Tree Cropping Ltd expect to export one million tonnes of eucalypt woodchips a year through the new $20 million Albany chip terminal.

Geospatial information solutions company NGIS Australia Pty Ltd’s strong growth of late has continued, with the Burswood-based company making the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 for the second year running.

Growth opportunities and price trends are two of the positives Woodside Petroleum CEO Don Voelte has taken from the company’s $1.1 billion annual profit, announced last week.

Seven Western Australians made their way into Forbes' Australia and New Zealand's 40 richest list with Kerry Stokes leading the charge.

Western Australia’s regional ports experienced significant growth last financial year on the back of the ongoing resources boom.

Peter Laurance's private company, Pivot Group, has varied its offer for Nedlands-based Axiom Properties Ltd with Pivot offering a new deal, with a big boost to the options package it would take to as much as $28 million.

Shares in Western Australia's biggest biotechnology stock, pSivida Ltd, have risen 7 per cent following news that its Retisert product, licensed to Bausch & Lomb, will be co-promoted in the United States by Novartis Ophthalmics.

Newspaper publisher Rural Press Ltd has pointed to the growth in the company's business in Western Australia as one of its key sources of revenue growth for the first half to December 31st 2005.

Busy Perth businessman John Hopkins has included another listed company to his growing portfolio with West Perth-based Adamus Resources Ltd appointing him non-executive chairman following the retirement of John Daniels.

Western Australian wine is about to get a boost in the Japanese market, if wine ambassador Yumi Yamagata has anything to do with it.