Following a win at the shareholders meeting earlier this week, Gary Stokes has been appointed as chief executive and managing director of West Australian Metals Ltd.
O'Connor-based Brainytoys Ltd has secured $15 million in credit and financing facilities that will allow its US arm to finance larger mass-market orders from major retailers.
Billionaire Clive Palmer's Resource Development International Ltd has made a formal bid for Australasian Resources Ltd, which is set to play a key role in the mining of 20 billion tonnes of iron ore from the Balmoral tenements in Western Australia.
The Carpenter government has ordered a review into the security of the state's gas supplies following two major interruptions this year as gas begins to flow at Apache Energy Ltd's Varanus Island facility today.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has used the corporate watchdog's inquiry into grocery prices to back its calls for a reform to the state's "archaic" retail trading hours.
QRSciences Holdings Ltd has entered into a share exchange agreement with a United States company to sell its private arm that specialises in developing technology systems in a scrip and cash deal worth $A12 million.
Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd has lost its third director since it was placed into voluntary administration in July with John Davis stepping down today.
Litigation funder IMF (Australia) Ltd will pocket over $3 million after conditional settlement was reached in the Shenton Park Retirement Village matter.
Colin Barnett has raised his hand for another tilt at the Liberal Party leadership but first has to find an electorate after Deidre Willmott said she wanted to continue as the endorsed candidate for his seat of Cottesloe.
Portman Ltd managing director Richard Mehan said he is open to the possibility of its largest shareholder, US company Cleveland Cliffs, taking full ownership of the company.
Education group Navitas Ltd has posted record earnings for the 2008 financial year with the substantial increase in student enrolments underpinning the group's success.
ABC720 has overtaken Mix 94.5's The Bunch as Perth's most listened to breakfast show but the Austereo station has maintained its overall lead in the latest Nielsen Media Research radio survey.
Macmahon Holdings Ltd has jumped the gun in its takeover bid for Ausdrill Ltd, extending the offer period by one month and allowing Ausdrill shareholders the right to withdraw acceptances.
Shares in Australasian Resources Ltd have been placed in a trading halt pending an announcement relating to the takeover proposal from billionaire Clive Palmer's Resource Development International Ltd.
Despite the resources sector dragging the local bourse into the red today, West Perth-based Emergent Resources Ltd bucked the trend with a near 13 per cent premium debut to its 20 cent issue price.
The leadership of the WA Liberal Party is unclear following the surprise resignation of Troy Buswell earlier today and the silence from former leader Colin Barnett, who is considered the likely successor.
West Australia Metals Ltd's board has undergone an overhaul after shareholders today voted for the removal of director Terrence Shanahan and the appointment of three new directors.
The administrators of West Perth-based Baraka Petroleum have returned control of the company to the directors as chief executive Mark Fenton steps down.
Perth-based Coal of Africa Ltd has boosted its bank balance to more than $280 million following approval for an African investor group to increase its stake to 17.3 per cent.
Despite the uninviting conditions stocks face in the market, two resource companies will test their mettle against the doom and gloom when they launch their initial public offers.
West Perth-based ARC Energy has hit back at claims that it breached a confidentiality agreement after it received a writ from Oil Basins Ltd late last week.
A mining representative body has called on the federal government to reconsider plans to heritage list 17 million hectares of Kimberley land, saying it could seriously damage the future of mining in Australia.
The state's small to medium enterprises are keeping up with their larger counterparts as business conditions continued to further weaken SME's across the country.
At a time of market volatility, Perth-based Gindalbie Metals Ltd has eliminated the need to raise equity as its Chinese project partner AnSteel contributes a further $123 million to the $1.8 billion Karara iron ore project.
Current global market volatility has forced miner OM Holdings Ltd to postpone its proposed secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange until further notice.
Uncertainty in global markets has prompted West Perth-based Zambezi Resources Ltd to suspend all but one drilling activities in Zambia in a bid to redirect its focus to its main copper discovery.
Just days after shareholders in Cape Lambert Iron Ore Ltd voted to sell the namesake iron ore project, new owner MCC has sold a majority stake in the project to Russian steel making giant Evraz Group S.A.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has stepped up its calls for deregulated trading hours as Perth is revealed as the second most expensive capital for food and groceries.
Higher benchmark iron ore prices have boosted Portman Ltd's earnings over the June quarter, which have more than quadrupled to $119 million compared to the previous corresponding quarter in 2007.
The Real Estate Institute of WA has quashed claims by a leading property forecaster that Perth's house prices are set to fall 15 per cent over the coming year, saying past predictions have been proven wrong.
