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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: The grass is greener ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Taking up a franchise, like these Jim's home services operators have done, is a boom business in WA. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ WA businesses cool on emissions trading scheme ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Western Australian business has not warmed to the federal government's proposed emissions trading scheme, with warnings that the policy could drive billions of dollars of investment offshore. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Agencies grow on marketing demand ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ When Western Australia's biggest advertising agency, Marketforce, advertised to fill 13 vacant positions at once in June, it wasn't the act of a firm leaking staff. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Focus on food, not 24-7 trading ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Those who want to see 24-hour trading across the board in Western Australia will be disappointed with one of Perth's longest-running, non-stop retailer's decision to shut overnight for the first time in 17 years. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ASIC takes Firepower fight to court ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ There are plenty of potential losers in the story surrounding fuel technology group, which traded under the high profile banner of Firepower. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Theatre merger not in the script, yet ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sharing premises could lead to more than just rubbing shoulders for Western Australia's two leading theatre companies, though no-one wants to write the 'm' word into the script, just yet. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Lawley's expands from its base ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The inevitable Sunday morning queue outside Lawley's Bakery on Beaufort Street would give anyone the impression that the low-key business has been part of the local retail landscape for decades. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Perth faces dwelling shortfall ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ High density development may be top of the state government's planning agenda, but the target for infill in Perth is overly ambitious and needs to be significantly downgraded, with the city likely to fall short 131,000 dwellings, according to a report fro ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Rising dollar mixed bag for business ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ As the Australian dollar nears parity with a declining US dollar, the consequences for Western Australian importers and exporters are mixed. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Reality check in economic outlook ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Newspaper headlines have turned increasingly negative this month on Australia's economic outlook. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Gindalbie steps up iron order ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ While the Mid West region is dominated by the antics of iron ore stocks Murchison Metals Ltd and Midwest Corporation Ltd, another player is stepping up to secure its berth in the region's resource riches. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Creeping centralism unwanted ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ After each federal election, State Scene scans the new ministerial line-up to see if any political maddies were appointed to head the foreign affairs and defence ministries. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Bites ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ There are a few ways to stock up the wine cellar, whether you prefer to browse the net to find good deals or are keen to do the full winery tour. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Apartment design guidelines to be overhauled ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Design guidelines for high-density housing in Western Australia are in the process of being overhauled by the state government, with a new residential design code in the pipeline and a review of the R-codes scheme due to commence. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ TRADE OPPORTUNITIES ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Builders weather WA gas shortage ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ More than a month after the Varanus Island gas explosion forced businesses across WA to curtail their activity, the state's building industry is continuing its operations relatively unscathed. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ More global economic gloom to come ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Briefcase has previously predicted that economic conditions will deteriorate, both globally and locally. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Government flags changes to skilled migration program ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The federal government has flagged changes to its skilled migration program, including the temporary 457 visa, which it says will give the states greater control in recruiting overseas workers. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Early adoption could be risky ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The proposal for an emissions trading scheme has already provoked some sharp responses from business, especially Woodside Petroleum Ltd, which operates the country's single biggest CO2 emission site. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ISA buys IBM technology ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Bentley-based information technology company ISA Technologies has become the first organisation in the southern hemisphere to use revolutionary new IBM Cell chip technology for high performance computing and visualisation. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Cool Clear Water rules out ASX listing ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Malaga-based Cool Clear Water Beverages Ltd said it has &amp;quot;no intention to imminently list&amp;quot; on the stockmarket, despite reports at the weekend that a successful capital raising had paved the way for an IPO. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ ipernica in $16m deal ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ West Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd has entered into a $16 million agreement to acquire geospatial media company NearMap Pty Ltd, which has selected Perth for its initial prototype testing. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ WA continues to lead growth ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The early call of the Northern Territory election this week has highlighted the enviable position of Western Australia's economy, as investment in the state increases by 18 per cent. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New owners fine tune music business ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ After buying a small, underperforming musical instrument retail and tuition business, Joondalup Music Centre, ten years ago, husband and wife team Peter and Genelle Picton-King now operate in three locations. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Not for Profit: Alcoa helps kick goals for Clontarf ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Established in 2000, the Clontarf Foundation uses football in an effort to keep young indigenous boys in education, preparing and helping them to find full employment and a more positive future. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Culture corner: Matthew Lutton, ThinIce ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Matthew Lutton
Artistic director of ThinIce (six years) ]]></description>
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