The Economic Regulation Authority has knocked back Western Power's request to allow big increases in the price it charges for access to the state's main electricity grid for the next three years.
There are signs Western Australia is well-placed to be one of the first states to come out from the global recession, with economists revealing there are early indications that the economy is about to recover.
Opposition energy spokesman Mark McGowan today called on the state government to end 10 months of uncertainty surrounding the possible re-merger of Verve Energy and Synergy.
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RECRUITMENT firms able to secure government contracts or tap into areas of resource-fuelled activity are expanding in the face of a broader economic slump.
FINANCIAL planners are the sole dissenting voice regarding a federal government move to allow superannuation funds to provide members with personal advice.
UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future income of Aspen Group's ailing property fund as the Perth-based company seeks to avoid a fire sale of its portfolio of office, retail and industrial complexes.
STATE Energy Minister Peter Collier has denied the government is preparing to abandon Premier Colin Barnett's mooted re-amalgamation of Verve Energy with Synergy.
ONE of Western Australia's biggest real estate groups has launched a new index to track market trends because it says median house prices do not accurately reflect Perth's property market.
STATE government disincentives to the disposal of waste in landfill have met with an unfavourable response from local governments, which say they were not consulted in the policy's development and that they will not benefit from its introduction.
Western Australians have bombarded job hunting website Seek in June with applications up 6 per cent as job advertisements fall nearly 5 per cent, a survey shows.
Staff at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have been asked to take 10 days unpaid leave as part of a short-term measure to reduce costs in the current economic climate.
Dioro Exploration has urged shareholders to reject a sweetened takeover offer from Avoca Resources, adding it had entered into confidential negotiations with third parties.
Seven Network chairman Kerry Stokes is speculated to be behind the latest purchase of a parcel of Consolidated Media Holdings shares valued at $28 million as James Packer confirms he has lifted his stake in the company to nearly 41 per cent.
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Perth hotels have recorded the largest increase in revenue for an available room over the past 12 months, with a jump of 19 per cent to just over $135, latest figures show.
A $12 million solar power station to be built in Kalgoorlie has been scrapped after the company behind the operation, Solar Systems, could not get federal funding.
Acquisitive Cape Lambert Iron Ore has revealed further details of its takeover bid for Corvette Resources, with the offer valued at a total of $16.2 million.
Avoca Resources says it is surprised that target Dioro Exploration has not provided a recommendation to its takeover bid as it today declared the offer unconditional.
VDM Group has sold the surplus assets of its subsidiary Civmec, including the name, for more than $2 million as part of the group's restructure and consolidation strategy.
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The corporate watchdog has permanently banned former Hogan and Partners Stockbrokers employee Jonathan Kur after he lost more than $9 million of clients' money.
Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has upgraded its long- and short-term corporate credit rating for Rio Tinto following the completion of the $US15.2 billion ($A19.5 billion) rights issue.
Minemakers says it will move to compulsorily acquire the remaining shares it does not own in Bonaparte Diamond Mines after reaching a 94.32 per cent shareholding through its all-scrip takeover offer.
