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Stronger sales and improved margins have lifted retailer JB HiFi's net profit by more than 11 per cent.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced $35.6 million in funding to work with business to retrain Australia's manufacturing workforce for the future.

Mines Minister Bill Marmion says Toro Energy's acquisition of a uranium project in close proximity to its proposed yellowcake mine at Wiluna is a significant step forward for the sector.

The Australian share market is flat, but the mining giants are bucking the trend to open in firmer territory.

Australia's largest gold miner, Newcrest Mining, has reported an annual net loss of $5.78 billion for the 12 months to June 30.

The state government has gone back on its decision to slash by half the amount paid to households that feed solar power into Western Australia's energy grid.

The Australian dollar is higher as the currency continues to extend gains following the release of strong Chinese data.

US stocks have retreated from record peaks and finished lower after a sluggish week light on news and trading volume.

The so-called PNG solution is a band-aid measure designed to sweep the issue of boat people under the carpet.

The Australian dollar is higher despite the Reserve Bank of Australia's weaker outlook for economic growth.

A Perth-based businessman has pleaded guilty to insider trading relating to the takeover of MacArthur Coal by US-based Peabody Energy Corporation in 2011.

The federal government has invoked the ‘law of unexpected consequences' with its new bank levy.

Trisha Burgess's small business has achieved a major sales boost this past year without any changes to her product range. All the gains, she says, are due to a banking app.

Australian shares rallied late, but closed slightly lower on Friday after being dragged down by the banks.

The former head of information technology firm Alphawest Services has launched a new business aiming to cash in on increasing demand for data storage.

Metallurgical Corporation of China has been ordered by a Singapore-based arbitrator to place $80 million into an escrow account pending the determination of a dispute with Cape Lambert Resources ov

A suite of educational software for high school students and a remote operations communication platform for the resources sector are among the Western Australian winners at national technology awar

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has invested $13.5 million in Perth-based oil and gas explorer Sun Resources.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the price of an average jar of Vegemite will rise by about 50 cents, if the rate of the GST is increased.

The Perth arm of charity Ronald McDonald House has done a better job than most listed companies in a tight capital market, topping its $20 million campaign goal well ahead of schedule.

Treasurer Troy Buswell has pledged to keep the state's budget in the black, despite projections of a $147 million deficit in 2014-15.

Alcyone Resources has secured $7.4 million through a recent entitlements offer and shortfall placement, just scraping over the capital raising's minimum subscription level of $6 million.

ANZ is the last of the big four banks to pass on the Reserve Bank of Australia's quarter of a percentage point interest rate cut.

The deterioration in the economic outlook underpinning the latest interest rate cut was so minor it is barely detectable in new forecasts from the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Australian shares have opened weaker despite a recovery on Wall Street, but local resource giants are defying the trend.

The Australian dollar is near its highest level in almost two weeks after Chinese international trade data showed the world's second largest economy is still going strong.

US stocks have snapped a three-day losing streak, catalysed by stronger Chinese trade data and better sentiment on the European economy.

Federal Treasury has again been too optimistic with its latest budget forecast.

The Barnett government's cost-cutting measures in the state budget have prompted an industry backlash, with the government accused of adding to the cost of doing business in Western Australia.

The state government will embark on a record infrastructure spend of almost $27 billion over the next four years, despite a deterioration of the state's revenue base and warnings from credit agenci

The Australian dollar is higher despite weak jobs figures, boosted by better than expected trade data out of China.