Experienced engineer Bruce Cameron is hoping his commercial skills will help turn around the fortunes of struggling technology company Antaria Ltd, which this month adopted a new name to signify a fresh start and change of focus.
Two advertising campaigns launched at the same time by the same agency have made iiNet and Murdoch University the most improved brands in this years' WA Business News branding survey.
Bastille Day, which was celebrated in France and by French around the world earlier this week, is poised to become a high-profile event in Perth as the number of French chefs bringing their flair t
Managed investment scheme provider Great Southern Ltd has begun cutting its workforce across Australia after producing a poor sales result for the year.
Having formerly been named among the most recognised and best corporate brands in Western Australia in WA Business News' previous branding surveys, the more recent fortunes of Alinta have taken a protracted and well-documented fall.
Because Western Australia's resources boom springs largely from China's economic expansion there's a danger that, in Australia at least, China will be judged solely on its economic performance.
New treatments for flea infestations in sheep and for whooping cough were the winners of competitions run in Perth last week by the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board and Curtin University respectively.
The Australian share market plunged two per cent today amid heavy losses from the banks on continuing uncertainty about the economic outlook after the US Treasury bailed out home mortgage lenders Fred
FORMER Perth accountant Nick Hawkins has been appointed chief financial officer at national insurance player Insurance Australia Group, which owns SGIO, as part of a big overhaul of the company's mana
WEST Perth-based Oilex Ltd has announced two key appointments, with Ben Clube appointed as chief finance and commercial officer and Kim Morrison as business development manager.
There's an elephant in the room. Whether it's a public forum or a boardroom discussion, if the topic is climate change or lower emissions or the pricing of carbon, there it is - big and hard to miss, but somehow going unnoticed.
Carbon trading is still inconvenient and opponents, including many export industries, want no inconvenience, according to West Perth-based lobby WA Sustainable Energy Association.
THE Note has always been cautious about throwing stones in glass houses, but a missive from Liberal environment and climate change spokesperson Robyn McSweeney left us with no choice.
Total capital raised in the agribusiness managed investment scheme industry over the 2008 financial year has dipped 5 per cent, with the wine grape category suffering the biggest fall.
Perth-based Berkeley Resources Ltd has been selected by a Spanish company to form a partnership that will investigate the development of uranium assets in Spain.
More gas is expected to flow through the state's online gas trading scheme following the resurrection overnight of the state's biggest energy generating unit, the 330 megawatt Collie power station.
The higher price of purchasing gas through the state government's online bulletin board could bump up the price of hotel rooms as one of WA's largest linen service providers passes on the cost.
United States investment firm Harbinger Capital has further increased its stake in Midwest Corporation Ltd, following a raid on over 5.4 million shares yesterday.
Billions lost in US fallout; Primebroker play challenges ANZ's primacy; WA, Qld need extra 127,000 workers every year; Centro exits US portfolio for $728m to cut debts; Drivers spared climate pain as excise cut offsets new tax
Golden West Resources Ltd has hit out at major shareholder Portman Ltd over its proposal to change the make-up of the board, saying if it goes ahead, the latter will have effectively taken control of the company without paying a premium.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has congratulated the state government in reducing the backlog of mining tenement applications by 20 per cent but has urged the resources minister to do all he can to trim it down further.
Perth-based minerals explorer Crusader Holdings NL has formed a partnership with Canadian company G4G Resources Ltd to acquire iron ore projects in Brazil as feedstock for the production of saleable iron ore units.
Northbridge-based Impact Minerals Ltd has formed an alliance with the world's second largest platinum producer to explore and develop nickel-platinum deposits in southern Africa.
West Perth-based Black Range Minerals Ltd's Taylor Ranch project in Colorado may be under threat following a lawsuit filed against the authority that approved the WA company to conduct further exploration.
