BHP Billiton is promoting its spin-off company South32 as a diversified business with high quality assets, sufficient cash flow to support healthy dividends and a strong balance sheet able to fund new investments.
The Australian dollar is marginally weaker as disappointing American factory data dents the greenback ahead of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.
Gold has fallen, trading just above its lowest level in more than three months, due to stronger European shares and expectations that this week's Federal Reserve meeting could hint at the timing of any hike in US interest rates.
Gold has fallen, trading just above its lowest level in more than three months, due to stronger European shares and expectations that this week's Federal Reserve meeting could hint at the timing of any hike in US interest rates.
The City of Fremantle is ramping up its heritage restoration efforts, making progress at three separate historic sites, which have been in varying states of disrepair for a number of years.
Local and international developers are seizing opportunities for apartment projects in Cannington, with a major expansion of the Westfield Carousel shopping centre and the City of Canning's town ce
Colonial Leisure Group is continuing to evolve its Print Hall offering to keep pace with Perth's rapidly maturing restaurant scene, launching a new concept to make fine dining accessible during city workers' lunch breaks.
The West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers' remain the financial engine of the Western Australian Football Commission, with a strong 2013-14 financial year helping to reduce debt by $3.9 million t
Daniel Tucker's Carey Mining has emerged as a key backer of a proposed new Pilbara iron ore mine, which has been given the green light by the Environmental Protection Authority.
The Richard Johnson-led technology company DTI Group has won contracts to supply its video surveillance systems to new transit buses in the US and France for an undisclosed amount.
The state's peak business group believes the MAX light rail project and the Perth Airport rail link are prime examples of poor infrastructure planning in Western Australia, as it repeated calls for an independent advisory body to guide decision-making.
The City of Fremantle is investigating the possibility of developing a light rail network, part of a comprehensive new transport strategy for the port city, at the same time as the state government ponders a policy shift from trams to buses.
International resorts chain Marriott is to become the latest major global player to put its name on a Perth hotel, with a Wellington Street proposal near Kings Square.
Mining and civil contractor Brierty has become just the sixth organisation nationally and the first in its industry to obtain the top ‘Elevate' ranking for its Reconciliation Action Plan.
One of Western Australia's biggest private property landholders, Allen Caratti, has lost a Western Australian Supreme Court appeal to his 2013 conviction for obstructing an environmental inspector.
Salaries for newly-appointed chief executives at WA-listed companies were down by 20 per cent from the levels prevailing last year, research by Business News has found. Click through to see salary packages for 77 WA chief executives.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Rutila Resources' proposed 205-kilometre railway and conveyor line in the Pilbara, which will be used to support new iron ore mines, should gain ministerial approval.
Nedlands-based pharmaceutical company PharmAust has raised about $3.1 million in an oversubscribed placement to fund clinical trials for its cancer drug.
Gleneagle Gold announced its intention to exit the resources sector through the back door today, with a proposal to buy a Melbourne-based unlisted biotechnology company for a share package worth $2 million.
