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The chairman of Frankland River Olive Company looks set to wholly acquire and privatise the business, after Paul Letari increased his shareholding to over 90 per cent.

The share market has retreated from promising early gains to close only marginally higher as investors continued to sell stocks in some of the big banks.

ANALYSIS: It's not often that hyperbole merges with reality when it comes to resources, but WA's gold sector has just thrown conventional wisdom out the window.

Perth's eight cheapest suburbs for property rentals have been revealed, and one of the most affordable is in the western suburbs, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

Two high-profile reports from the commission have reaffirmed its role in upholding public accountability.

Virgin Australia's ownership is under the spotlight after the airline's biggest shareholder, Air New Zealand, flagged a full or partial sale of its 26 per cent stake.

The hotel industry expects up to a quarter of Perth's hotel rooms to be filled by delegates attending next month's LNG18 conference, though the number of people attending and the flow-on economic benefits to the state remain unclear.

The state government is facing a fresh legal challenge to its contentious Roe Highway stage 8 extension, this time over Aboriginal heritage approval.

Threats of the first double dissolution election in almost 30 years are rattling consumers, a report has found.

Educational software developer SEQTA has entered into a collaboration agreement with Perth-based consulting company JourneyOne.

The Australian share market has turned lower, weighed down by the major banks.After initially opening slightly higher, the market did an about turn.

Cautious remarks from the US Federal Reserve have helped the Australian dollar break above US76 cents.

Qube benefits from Brockman's maverick move on Pilbara

Political leaders would do well to read a recent UWA report, which targets unsustainable expenditure and plots a prudent economic pathway.

Gold has jumped nearly 2 per cent after comments from US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen indicated the central bank's cautiousness in raising interest rates.

The S&P 500 has closed at its highest in 2016 after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen called for caution on raising interest rates - music to Wall Street's ears.

The expansion plans for Perth's major shopping centres are gaining momentum, with Scentre Group's Westfield Carousel, Westfield Innaloo and Westfield Whitford City likely to be the first to start work, near the end of 2016.

A privately owned Henderson company is set to commercialise a revolutionary hull cleaning technology that addresses major environmental and cost pressures facing the global shipping industry.

Woolworths will dump its 33-year-old Homebrand label after spending months narrowing the price gap with discount retailer Aldi.

The Australian share market has closed more than one per cent lower, led by steep falls among the major banks.

Wesfarmers subsidiary, Kleenheat, has secured 19 per cent of the state's business market in just its third year of operation, according to general manager Mark Gadsby.

Reduced industry assistance, an efficiency dividend from higher education, and a big reduction in the public sector headcount are among the recommendations in a report by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia released today.

Any complacency on behalf of Australia's banks may be ratcheted down a notch as some concerning practices are investigated.

The Fini name is returning to Perth's property sector in a big way, with the Fini Group brand being revived for a series of apartment developments across the city.

Medibank Private has hired Craig Drummond, an experienced banker who helped transform National Australia Bank, to run Australia's biggest private health provider.

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SPECIAL REPORT: In order to fully understand where political power lies in Western Australia, it's necessary to recognise the role of low-profile powerbrokers such as Carolyn Smith and Nick Goiran.

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Swick Mining Services has won two new contracts for work with Independence Group, while the local subsidiary of Queensland firm Hughes Drilling has also picked up more work.

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Managing the state's economic transition was the main focus of today's cabinet reshuffle, Premier Colin Barnett said, with tourism and agriculture in his sights as key growth industries.

OTOC has further grown its presence on the east coast with the acquisition of a Sydney-based land surveying firm for $4 million in cash and shares.