The Australian share market got to within five points of the 6,000 points mark on Monday but then fizzled out, with no major corporate or economic news to maintain momentum.
Blue chip mineral sands miner Iluka Resources and small biotech Sun Biomedical are as different as chalk and cheese; but what they share, apart from a Perth base, is a willingness to invest in Western Australia's emerging technology ‘accelerator' programs.
The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.
Orica director and former BHP Billiton executive Alberto Calderon has been appointed interim CEO at the explosives maker in the wake of the sudden exit of Ian Smith.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended strict conditional approval of Sinosteel Midwest Corporation's proposal for exploration drilling at its Blue Hills Mungada East hematite project.
Unions claim to have played a major role in ensuring an increase in the number of Western Australia-based workers building a 900-kilometre pipeline for Ichthys liquefied natural gas project off Darwin.
Multinational oil and gas service providers have set up in WA for the long haul, as the state searches for the best way to enhance its competitive advantage.
Software company Stochastic Simulation has joined a growing list of Western Australian businesses kicking goals globally in oil and gas technology development, as local providers increasingly target opportunities offshore.
As the construction peak passes and the oil price slides, service providers to the energy industry are re-evaluating how they do business. See our special report to see how technology, marine logistics and equipment providers are adapting to the new climate, and read about changes in the industry's workforce.
A dispute between Tap Oil and one of its substantial shareholders has escalated after the operator of the company's flagship Manora oil development served joint operator Northern Gulf Petroleum with a $35 million default notice.
Mundijong-based concrete pre-caster PERMAcast has won a multi-million dollar precast package for the inside/outside battery limits concrete and civil works for the Wheatstone project, awarded by Laing O'Rourke.
The energy and education sectors are going through a paradigm shift and businesses must adapt if they want to survive, let alone prosper, some of WA's most successful entrepreneurs told Business News.
Founder and minority shareholder of iiNet, Michael Malone, has emerged as another critic of the $1.4 billion agreed takeover of his former company, as chairman Michael Smith sought to defend the deal with rival TPG Telecom.
The Australian dollar is one US cent firmer after a voting member of the US Federal Reserve argued that American interest rates should stay near zero for quite a bit longer.
Gold prices have hit two-week highs and are poised for their biggest weekly jump since mid-January, after the US Federal Reserve's cautious note on interest rates arrested a US dollar rally and sparked broad-based buying of commodities.
Shares in explorer Triton Minerals skyrocketed today on the back of a discovery its graphite resources can be converted into a wider range of more valuable products.
Perth franchise group Quick Colour Print has gone into liquidation, adding to a string of Western Australian business collapses this month, including two substantial construction contractors and a
Gulf Minerals Corporation has appointed Perth-based Como Engineers as manager for the construction of its $52 million Kupang smelter project in West Timor.
‘What is the difference between a steel wheel and a rubber wheel?' That has been one of the responses offered to (over)simplify the debate over light rail and bus rapid transit in Perth.
Construction will begin shortly on a new 67-room hotel at the Melbourne Hotel in Perth's CBD, while international hotels and resorts chain Marriott will bring one of its branded hotels to Wellington Street, with both proposals being backed by Singapore-based developers.
Perth's status as a significant outpost in the national information and communications technology sector could be threatened by the likely loss of key major local headquarters following recent mergers and acquisitions activity.
It may seem like an entirely offshore deal, but Japanese tech giant Panasonic's purchase of US satellite communications provider ITC Global has a strong Western Australian flavour.
