Gold has fallen to a seven-week low after upbeat US home sales data in the previous session boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will press ahead with interest rate rises in the near term.
Oil prices have climbed to just shy of $US50 ($A69.62) a barrel after a sharper-than-expected fall in crude inventories, lifting energy shares and world stock markets.
THE sale of major public assets is looming as the only realistic option for a government of either stripe hoping to reclaim the state's AAA credit rating and fund infrastructure needs in the decade
A balancing act between the science of plant breeding and consumer preferences has produced a new apple variety, developed in Manjimup, in WA's South West.
WHEN a truck drives over one of Mike Kenny's units he knows all about it, or at least a customer of his North Coogee business does. The same goes for a car, a motorcycle or even a bike.
The state government has released details of its new digital innovation framework on the same day the auditor general slammed the state for letting its ICT strategy fall behind the rest of the country.
German company K+S Group is planning to evaluate development of a $350 million salt project south-west of Onslow, six years after another salt project in the area was scrapped after facing widespread opposition.
A bale of hay that survived the recent fires near Myalup, north of Bunbury, has proved a valuable catalyst to efforts to restore the communities affected by the disaster.
The state government has cast a wide net in its bid to boost defence-related work in Western Australia, with 16 small businesses – ranging from a landscape gardener in Port Hedland to a signage contractor in Bellevue – sharing in the latest round of defence-specific grants.
Programmed Maintenance Services has returned an annual net loss as a result of lower demand for marine services following the steep drop in oil and gas prices.
Wesfarmers' full-year profit will be hit by write-downs and restructuring costs of about $2 billion related to its Target department stores and Queensland coal mine.
Gold has fallen to its lowest in more than four weeks as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials in the previous session sent the US dollar to a two-month high against a currency basket.
Wall Street has surged more than 1 per cent and the Nasdaq has had its strongest day in three months as investors made peace with the possibility the US Federal Reserve might soon raise interest rates.
Rio Tinto executive Greg Lilleyman is leaving the company after 25 years, and will be replaced as group executive technology and innovation by the miner's current head of exploration.
Trucking and logistics company K&S Corporation expects to make little, if any, profit in the second half of the 2015-16 financial year after being hit by difficult conditions across the country.
The Australian share market has closed lower as investors continue to ponder the possibility of another cut to local interest rates and await the federal election vote on July 2.
Tap Oil says it expects to resolve outstanding disputes with a dissident shareholder after announcing a major restructure that will see the current chairman retire and three new directors join the board.
A Pilbara-focused real estate agency in Victoria Park has had a supervisor appointed to its financial operations and will be wound up under orders from the Department of Consumer Protection.
The Perth office of global law firm Clyde & Co has continued its commitment to local artists with the announcement of a winner in its annual art project.
