Wall Street has enjoyed its strongest session in a month, led by financial and technology stocks after encouraging US factory and construction data suggested the world's biggest economy was regaining momentum.
Gold has turned lower, as the US dollar and global equity markets rose on better-than-expected US data, fueling speculation the Fed will raise US interest rates.
Work is expected to start shortly on a new shopping centre at the old Station Street Markets in Subiaco, with construction contractor Doric appointed this week.
The Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation plans to seek private partners to fund an expansion of its irrigated farming operation near Derby after the state government granted an option for freehold tenure over its land.
Industrial technology company Orbital Corporation has further strengthened its balance sheet after holders of convertible notes elected to take shares in the business, rather than a cash return.
BHP Billiton says it is not keen on boosting iron ore supplies in a weak market, signalling a change in its long-held position, as it shifts focus to maintaining financial discipline.
Food trucks are popping up at a variety of locations across Perth's suburbs, but red tape and operating fees are holding back further growth in the fledgling industry.
A recent participant in Fortescue Metals Group's VTEC program has notched up another notable achievement, having slipped into the role of ‘chief executive for a day' as part of the miner's unique approach to creating opportunities for Aboriginal people.
There are many growth-driving tax reform options still on the table despite the federal government's move away from a GST increase, according to KPMG tax partner Grant Wardell-Johnson.
A private company backed by Curtin University has announced a breakthrough in the treatment of several cancers in small animals, with trials set to commence in humans and dogs.
Perth-based engineering and construction business Valmec has won a $24 million contract to provide its services to the Australia Pacific LNG project in Queensland for Origin Energy.
Shares in gold hopeful Alicanto Minerals have surged on news the company has signed a $US10 million ($A14 million) earn-in agreement with Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold for its Arakaka project in Guyana.
The Australian share market has turned higher in early trade after a weak lead from Wall Street with resource and energy stocks rallying on a rise in oil prices.
A national plan that lets people take home works of art with only a 10 per cent deposit and a nine-month interest free loan is attracting new buyers in Perth.
Gold has risen one per cent, boosted by lower equities and weak US data, leaving the metal well placed to log its best monthly performance in four years as turmoil in wider markets increases its safe-haven appeal.
The chairman of the Rottnest Island Authority has responded to his predecessor's criticism of the island's management and governance, highlighting a positive development agenda at the resort in recent years.
Shares in agribusiness Wellard have fallen 9.2 per cent as the company revealed its first financial result since listing in December last year, while also flagging a reduction in expected net profit.
Hong Kong-based Brockman Mining has scored another legal victory in its long-running battle to gain access to railways built by Fortescue Metals Group's infrastructure subsidiary.
After nearly eight years of inactivity on the ASX, Michael Fotios's Eastern Goldfields could be reinstated as early as next month after announcing today its capital raising had closed oversubscribed.
