Staff Reporters

With the Internet Phantom Menace casting a shadow over the business world and so many small to medium-size businesses acquiring technologies from different sources, it’s a lot like dancing with wolves (providers) while trying to make peace with the Indian

Imagine if I were to ask ten of the most talented and experienced entre-preneurs: “what is the most important ingredient in running a successful service business?”. I could get ten different answers: knowledge, experience, capital, advertising, training,

THE recent move by the Bank of England to sell 125 tonnes of gold this year stopped dead a rally in the precious metal.

A major retail centre in Albany, the Dog Rock Shopping Centre, has been placed on the market by its vendors at a proposed price of between $7 million and $8 million.

In its first year of operation, Perth-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd has commissioned two new mines in Cen-tral Africa and placed its Likasi copper-cobalt tailings project in the Shaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into mothballs.

iiNET is WA owned and provides effective Internet solutions for business customers.

1998 WA Tourism Awards winner El Questro has been nominated for the Sir David Brand Award for Tourism in this year’s awards.

Online share trading has been in Australia for two years, and now Internet stockbrokers are fighting for business through full-page press and television advertising.

Commercial interest in the CBD continues to be strong, according to a report by real estate company Herron Todd White.

THE cobalt-rich mineral resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being exploited to the detriment of the country’s environment and to the financial benefit of African leaders of state.

Worldwide Internet are an Internet Service Provider based in Victoria Park.

LOCAL tourism operators are pleased with the positive comment being made about the revised belltower design, says Tourism Council Australia president Laurie O’Meara. He said the belltower will quickly become a ‘must visit’ for people visiting Perth.

INTERNATIONAL finance leader Merrill Lynch has experienced great interest in its international online trading system since being launched early this year.

A SMALL decline Australia-wide in dwelling commencements this year will impact on Queensland and Tasmania, while WA is poised for significant growth.

The integration of biological systems with microprocessors is already happening with the deaf and visually impaired.

Who ever invented the term Internet Service Provider either had no idea just how diverse the Internet market would become, or was naive enough to think a single supplier could provide all the services necessary for businesses to do business on the net.

THE Augusta-Margaret River Tourism Association Marketing Office has launched a website highlighting the area as one of WA’s desirable destinations.

The Pinnacles nickel project, 100 per cent owned by junior gold explorer Kanowna Lights NL, appears to be shaping up into the next laterite resource to hit the boards in WA.

ALTHOUGH Internet advertising has only really been available for a few years, businesses in the US spent $1.92 billion advertising online last year.

IN THE six years since the Coalition Government was elected in Western Australia we have worked hard to rebuild our economy and establish a strong basis for continued growth.

Investor interest in technology stocks in Aust-ralia remains intense with the recent announcement that a portion of GPS Online’s float is already over-subscribed – in less than a week.

STRATA companies have been warned to establish a financial plan and set aside sufficient funds to implement it.Blackburne Real Estate director Sheryal Griggs said they should plan financially to ensure they had reserve funds for capital expenditure item

The stunning growth of WA’s nickel industry over the past two years has more than surprised even the most optimistic industry observers. The state now has the capacity to become the world’s biggest producer by 2003.

FOUNDED as a Bulletin Board Service 14 years ago as The Perth Omen, the company is today the third largest Internet Service Provider in Perth servicing both business and personal users.

THE Western Australian Awards began in 1972 as a joint initiative of the Fleetwood Group of Com-panies and the WA Department of Tourism to recognise individuals and organisations who had made an outstanding contribution to the tourism industry.

THREE strikes for Carnarvon Petroleum NL are likely to have its directors and shareholders, cracking open the Vintage Brut to celebrate.

A RECENT trade mission to South Africa and Mozambique by a WA business delegation investigated new and emerging commercial opportunities.

THE handing down of the State Budget and the signing of the Regional Forest Agreement with the Federal Government made for a busy start to this month.

IT has been observed that 80 per cent to 90 per cent of the organisations we work in today will not exist in twenty years time or will be radically different.

The Federal Government’s move to censor the Internet is a cynical exercise which is doomed to fail. The Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Bill has been developed by television regulators blundering into a field they know little about.

ONE of the most rewarding aspects of my role as Premier is the opportunity it gives me to meet and talk to people in different parts of Western Australia.

The Shire of Esperance has launched initiatives to upgrade the airport and recreational centre. The shire called for expressions of interest from building companies and contractors to undertake further extensions at the airport terminal.