The corporate watchdog is requesting prosecutors consider an appeal following today's 12-month suspended prison sentence handed down to former Westpoint promoter Neil Burnard.
Shares in Golden West Resources Ltd have jumped 30 per cent on an unusual heavy day of trade as Portman Ltd's shareholding grip on the company loosens due to dilution.
Liver cancer treatment company Sirtex Medical Ltd has applied for an injunction against former chairman Bruce Gray to stop him from competing with the firm after he backed down from an earlier commitment.
The state Liberal Party will commit $648 million towards Western Australia's health system if elected and said it will retain the Princess Margaret Hospital as a government run entity.
East Perth-based engineering company Lycopodium Ltd believes the buoyant minerals sector outlook will offset challenging conditions in the biodiesel and manufacturing sectors, as it today announced a 40 per cent increase in full-year net profit.
The short-term outlook for state energy retailer Synergy appears robust with Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today assigning an A-1+ corporate credit rating.
Takeover target Ausdrill Ltd has posted a 28 per cent increase in its full year net profit on the back of a six per cent increase in revenue to $391 million.
WA set to lose $25b gas project to Darwin; Coal fires but Coles a work in progress: Wesfarmers; Jobs go, debt slashed as B&B fights for a future; Carbon plan 'a company killer'; New scheme brings foreign workers to Kimberley
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been forced to take a tougher stance on accepting undertakings during mergers following examples of businesses acting in bad faith, ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said today.
Small-medium enterprise investor Greencap Ltd has acquired two businesses in a scrip and cash deal worth $19 million while it plans to raise over $7 million through a share placement.
Civil construction company Brierty Ltd has posted a full-year net loss of $1.3 million after downgrading its profit twice in its first year of listing on the stock market.
Balcatta-based clean energy technology group Orbital Corporation Ltd has confirmed plans to continue to expand in aligned business sectors after today announcing a $500,000 net annual profit.
Miner Mincor Resources Ltd has reported a 36 per cent fall in net profit for the 2008 financial year to $64 million on the back of lower nickel prices.
Wesfarmers Ltd's share price slumped today after it announced a 33 per cent increase in net profit for the year ending June 2008 of just over $1 billion but a fall in earnings per share.
Falling commodity prices have hit Perth-based miner Perilya Ltd which will halve ore production at its Broken Hill operation in South Australia and cut 440 jobs.
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Vietnam was once billed as Asia's next economic tiger, but double-digit inflation, a ballooning trade gap, tumbling share prices and banking sector concerns have dampened expectations to a large degree.
Jan Kolbusz is the kind of technology professional manager who admits he would most likely have seen out his days in senior management if he didn't live in Perth.
Rusina Mining Ltd managing director Robert Gregory has increased his interest in the company through the exercise of 3 million options at $0.16 a total cost of $492,000.
There has been a dramatic changing of the guard in Western Australia's IT consulting sector, with one-time industry heavyweight Unisys suffering a big loss of contracts and staff over the past year.
The reporting season has kicked off with some cheery results from the likes of Bradken, WorleyParsons and United Group, setting a strong pace for the local profit season.
Government involvement in the promotion of online business development should go beyond funding and reach more deeply into society, panellists at the WA Business News Online Business forum found.
Western Australia might be home to the nation's richest man and awash with riches amassed from property and mining booms, but that doesn't necessarily translate into funding for online businesses.
ANZ Bank has appointed Megan Carter to its West Perth Business Centre as a relationship manager. Ms Carter has previous experience at both BankWest and Netfin.
Australia Post has denied there is a backlog of mail across Western Australia after it emerged this week that documents sent by Burswood financial advisers Empire Financial Group were taking up to three weeks to reach fund managers.
Opposition leader Colin Barnett has unveiled a $50 million plan to revamp Bunbury and surrounding areas and has reportedly flagged tax cuts for families and small businesses.
A fall in commodity prices and a rising Australian dollar have cut West Perth-based Kagara Ltd's earnings in fiscal 2008 by 28 per cent despite achieving record copper production over the year.
Ausdrill Ltd has rejected Macmahon Holdings Ltd's increased takeover offer, saying the new bid represented less value for shareholders than the original offer.
