Boutique brewing company Little World Beverages Ltd has reported a 20.6 per cent boost in total revenue to $16.7 million in the half-year ended December 2007.
Ever since Kerry Stokes' Seven Network Ltd made a pre-emptive strike on the WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd share register in late 2006, everyone in Perth has been wondering when he would throw his weight around. Today he did just that.
Internet services and telecommunications company iiNet Ltd has reported strong growth in profit for the half year to December 2007, driven by improved margins and lower costs.
Henderson-based ship builder, Austal Ltd, has announced a net profit after tax of $29.9 million for the six months to December 2007, up 35 per cent on the $19.4 million achieved in the 2006 corresponding half.
Perth-based Mallee Gold Corporation Ltd has formed an alliance with Metals Finance Corporation to develop mineral resources projects in the United States.
Aspen Group Ltd has resported an underlying net profit after tax of $19 million for the half year, representing a 63 per cent increase on the corresponding period.
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Portman Ltd reported a full year net profit for 2007 of $96.6 million, down almost 17 per cent compared with the previous year, blaming the rising Australian dollar, hedge book movements, higher costs and an unfavourable sales mix.
Cedar Woods Properties Ltd has reported an interim net profit of $4.6 million, maintaining its full year net profit forecast of approximately $20m, which will be a record for the company.
Earthmoving player NRW Holdings Ltd announced an interim net profit of $22.3 million, which it says puts it on track to at least achieve its full-year prospectus forecast of $40.2 million. Shares in the company were marked down almost 6 per cent today.
Western Australian-based Indian Sandalwood grower, TFS Corporation, has announced today its interim results for the first half of the year and advised that it expects an increase in full year net profit after tax of at least 15%, and 13% on an earnings pe
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Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas has been taken to task in the Federal Court of Brisbane for varying the pricing for bulk LNG supplied to some commercial customers.
Specialist mining and energy software developer, ISS Group Ltd, has reported a significant boost in both revenue and profit for the six months to December 2007.
Civil construction firm Brierty Ltd has been marked down more than 5 per cent by the market today, on news that it had ended an acquisition deal and delivered an interim result which it says puts it on track to meet its prospectus forecast.
Chinese Iron and Steel Group has increased its stake in West Perth-based iron ore hopeful, Apollo Minerals Ltd, to 11.7 per cent following a placement of $2 million at 30 cents per share.
Mineral sands producer Iluka Resources Ltd has talked up the expansion prospects of its eastern states projects, after posting a full year net profit of $51.1 million in line with forecasts.
Silver Swan Group Ltd has announced the all-scrip acquisition of a portfolio of prospective gold, copper and base metal tenements in Western Australia's Murchison region from Mercator Gold plc.
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Market research firm East & Partners has revealed a growing trend for Australian businesses to use third party finance brokers and mortgage originators when they are obtaining finance products.
Despite its residential interests failing to deliver strong results, NSW-based property developer Australand Property Group has recorded an operating profit after tax of $163.2 million, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous period.
Profit results lodged by a range of Western Australian companies this week indicate that it takes more than a resources boom for some companies to fire.
The state government is up for a big windfall in stamp duty from takeovers, with three big transactions theoretically providing at least $80 million this financial year.
Companies that integrate corporate social responsibility practices into their business operations benefit from a significant reduction in staff turnover, new university research has found.
This week’s big economic and commercial news has highlighted the increasing importance of China to Western Australia’s future prosperity, and the relative decline of the US.
A Takeovers Panel review has rejected an appeal from Falak Holding LLC, over the panel's decision not to overturn the Dubai-based company's accidental sale of its stake in Golden West Resources Ltd to hostile suitor Faistar Resources Ltd.
Coal companies in Western Australia are reporting upbeat results for testing of their deposits for gasification, a process which better uses the energy within the fossil fuel.
West Perth-based industrial company Schaffer Corporation Ltd has announced a net profit after tax of $5.8 million for the first half of the 2008 financial year, 11 per cent higher than the $5.2 million profit posted in the corresponding period last year.
Windimurra Vanadium Ltd has raised $54.8 million to fund development of its namesake project in Western Australia's Mid West, following the closure of its heavily oversubscribed entitlement issue.
