Minerals Corporation, which in 2013 was one of the first Perth-based mining companies to attempt a backdoor listing, has announced plans to exit the resources sector by acquiring an online music competition business.
Sandfire Resources has dropped Federal Court proceedings against the research body at the centre of the Australian National University's controversial divestment action late last year, following an admission the researchers failed to meet their own standards.
Network Ten has warned it is nearing the limits of its $200 million loan and may need to raise more money as it attempts to boost ratings and lagging advertising revenue.
The fate of Perth companies iiNet and Amcom Telecommunications rests with Sydney competitor TPG Telecom and its reclusive chairman David Teoh, and possibly with the competition watchdog, after a day of surprises.
The Australian dollar has again broken past US80 cents, buoyed by weak US economic data and a Federal Reserve meeting that contained no major surprises.
Gold has extended its losses after the US Federal Reserve signalled it was taking a meeting-by-meeting approach on when to raise its interest rate for the first time since 2006.
Oil prices have moved higher, buoyed by a weaker US dollar and a slight drop in US crude inventories at the key Cushing terminal, the first in more than four months.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion has hailed Western Australia as a top destination for research and resources development, following the awarding of prestigious scholarships to a number of overseas students.
Emeco Holdings has entered merger discussions with Queensland-based Orionstone, three weeks after the rival mining equipment supplier proposed a nil-premium merger.
Bayswater-based benchtop manufacturer Australian Countertop will not be able to pay a $120,000 fine for causing the death of a stonemason because the company is in liquidation.
A new cafe is coming to the Dunsborough foreshore, with the City of Busselton appointing Margaret River Hospitality Group to build and operate the proposed venue.
The share market has fallen nearly 2 per cent, with a rapidly rising Australian dollar and profit taking by Japan-based foreign investors believed to be responsible.
Oil and gas explorer Odin Energy has struck an agreement to acquire a local cannabis and hemp 'aggregator', making it the third WA-based listed company to explore the cannabis sector in recent months.
Shares in resources developer Mungana Goldmines have shot up 33 per cent today after an off-market takeover proposal backed by private equity group Denham Capital.
Corporate and financial communication firms, Citadel PR and Magnus Investor Relations, have entered into an agreement to combine their businesses to form a significant independent national player.
The company behind the reverse takeover of local cloud-based technology company Norwood Systems has raised $5.5 million in an oversubscribed share offer.
An environment lobby group believes the federal government can save billions of dollars by scrapping diesel fuel tax credits for some of Australia's biggest polluters.
Brookfield Multiplex has strengthened its position as the state's largest construction company after being named prefered contractor for the $207 million Karratha Health Campus, adding to six major projects it currently has underway worth about $2.6 billion.
Gold has risen one per cent after disappointing US data hit the greenback and dampened expectations that the Federal Reserve will hint at this week's policy meeting at an interest rate rise in coming months.
US stocks have finished mostly higher but Apple's sell-off left the Nasdaq in the red and NYSE-traded Twitter's unintentional early earnings release held back overall gains.
