Visiting WA; Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at ‘Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance’ on May 1.
Last week’s WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd extraordinary general meeting was one of those great occasions few get to see until retirement age, if a quick scan of the 800 or so attendees was anything to go by.
The fallout from the failure of Lift Capital Partners and Opes Prime Group is spreading, with at least four Perth company directors having a big parcel of shares sold as a result of their involvement with the east coast margin lenders.
The Australian Olympic Committee today celebrated 100 days to the Beijing Olympic Games by announcing a major five year partnership with BankWest and the Australian Olympic Team.
Struggling biofuels company Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd is planning to raise $3.1 milion through a rights issue pitched at the deeply discounted price of 2.5 cents per share.
Listed mineral exploration company, Sub-Sahara Resources NL, has paid a $33,000 fine following an Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation.
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The Evans & Tate name is set to be removed from the stock exchange boards following a move by a consortium to take control of the listed shell and some its lesser known wine brands.
Litigation funder IMF (Australia) Ltd has scaled up its earnings forecast for the current financial year, advising that its net profit after-tax is expected to be at least $15 million and could be as high as $19 million.
New housing starts in Western Australia are exopected to fall by 12 per cernt this year and a further three per cent next financial year, according to HIA forecasts released today.
Equinox Minerals Ltd chief executive Craig Williams has become the third Perth company director to have a big parcel of shares sold by Merrill Lynch as a result of links to failed margin lender Lift Capital Partners.
Conquest Mining Ltd managing director John Terpu has commenced legal proceedings against the ANZ Bank for the return of 15.2 million Conquest shares caught up in the collapse of margin lender Opes Prime.
The value of incumbency was reinforced with today's release of voting details by WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd which reveals an even tighter race than shareholders at the meeting were told.
China's Sinosteel has turned up the heat on its takeover target Midwest Corporation Ltd which today announced it was withdrawing a potentially lucrative proposal to grant options to its non executive directors.
Perth-based Portman Iron Ore Ltd and Pluton Resources can proceed with a joint venture exploration program for Irvine Island in Broome, following the WA Minister for the Environment's dismissal of an appeal against the level of assessment placed by the EP
Subico based Natural Fuel Ltd has signed a convertible facility deed with Power Knight Pte Ltd under which Power Knight will provide Natural Fuel with a loan of US$20 million.
Axiom Properties Ltd has reached an agreement with its joint venture partner, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, on the Century City project in Perth's CBD to receive their 50% profit entitlement early and exit the project.
The shares of litigation funder IMF Australia Ltd rocketed 13 cents this morning, up to 74 cents, following the annoucement of its unprecedented $22 million windfall today.
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The Western Australian business world was given a stark warning on April 17 about the uncertainties regarding climate change and what a carbon-restrained world means to Australia.
The search for new office space, combined with a director’s retirement plans, were two triggers for the merger between McKenna Hampton Insurance Brokers and Centro Insurance and Risk Managers, which will come into effect from July 1.
If recent trends in London and New York are any guide, more Australian lawyers could be following the likes of Tim Lester and Heath Lewis back to Perth.
It’s the kind of story that would be big news in so many places.
A couple of boffins come together with a pair of money men, see a gap in the market, and set up a business.
The inaugural Australian PricewaterhouseCoopers Transparency Awards were held in Sydney last week, recognising the best-reporting not-for-profit organisations in the country.
