FREMANTLE Ports has revised its budgets and is closely monitoring current accounts and spending in light of tumbling trade figures and gloomy international forecasts.
WESFARMERS may have developed a reputation as something of a corporate cleanskin, but as former CEO and chairman Trevor Eastwood recalls in a new biography, it was not always the case.
THE international economic downturn has filtered through to charities, with a national survey revealing more than half of not-for-profit organisations are recording a slump in donations.
A REVIEW of capital works, an efficiency dividend and a growing reliance on Commonwealth funding; it might sound like the state government but it's actually Western Australia's oldest tertiary educational institution.
MUCH of Australia's energy development initiative is directed towards exporting vast quantities of the increasingly scarce and valuable natural gas, on which our grandchildren's grandchildren will need to rely to sustain their quality of life.
THE gold sector has been a standout performer during the past six months, with 13 gold explorers or producers in Western Australia launching capital raisings worth a total of $275 million.
GLOBAL insurance broker Aon has looked to Western Australia's local business talent to bolster its presence in the state - adding a Perth-based board to its existing operations.
THE saga surrounding lead miner Magellan Metals has taken a new twist, with Perth mining entrepreneur Mladen Ninkov seeking to win control of the embattled Canadian company that owns Magellan.
Struggling iron ore miner Territory Resources has entered a standstill agreement with, and provided additional security to, its financiers as it seeks to restructure or refinance its foreign exchange hedging and loan arrangements.
Australasian Resources has widened its scope of financiers after Chinese project partner Shougang missed a deadline while the merger agreement with one of billionaire Clive Palmer's companies has expired.
The state government says it will order work to stop at any BHP Billiton mines where workplace breaches are found, after five recent deaths at the company's Pilbara iron ore sites.
Energy Minister Peter Collier said he is seeking legal advice on whether he has capacity to stop Synergy relocating jobs overseas, after the state opposition claimed that more than 120 Western Australian jobs will head to India.
Shares in West Perth-based Eneabba Gas have soared as much as 112 per cent today after entering a deal with Carbon Energy for the supply of gas to its Centauri 1 Power station in the Mid West.
Building approvals in Western Australia have jumped 20 per cent to a seasonally adjusted 1,644 units in February, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
New miner Atlas Iron has secured additional berth capacity at the Utah Point public access port facility in Port Hedland, which is currently under construction.
No escape from recession: RBA; Labor moves to cut major project costs; Unions warn of action on public service pay; Canada fund bids for Mac satellite; BankWest battles
ComputerCORP will pay some $15 million in cash and scrip to acquire two eastern states technology providers and has announced plans to launch a $5 million capital raising.
The Western Australian government is the best performing state government in the country in the eyes of the small business community, according to the MYOB Australian Small Business Survey.
Perth property values have bucked the slight upward national trend, with the median value of houses dipping 1 per cent in the three months to the end of February.
Forrest to win green light for sale to China; Banks to decide on OZ lifeline; Miners turn to China for funds as bank loans dry up; Bank mergers bite; Markets face legal threat over rent rises
Babcock and Brown Power has finalised the sale of its 70 per cent interest in the NewGen Kwinana power station, with details of the settlement pending performance of the station in the second half of the financial year.
Confidencce in the Western Australian rural sector has bucked the national trend and risen slightly, although levels are still well below the near record highs of last year, according to the latest Rabobank survey.
Local Government Minister John Castrilli has announced $10,000 financial packages for local councils that agree to prepare submissions for voluntary amalgamation by the August deadline.
