The Australian share market has opened slightly lower as weak iron-ore prices and concerns China's softening economy overshadows Wall Street's new highs.
The Australian dollar hit an almost two week high after official data showed business investment intentions for the coming financial year are getting stronger.
Fortescue Metals Group has called for the phasing out of the state government's contentious domestic gas reservation policy, which has traditionally been backed by big gas buyers, in favour of stricter application of the ‘use it or lose it' rules.
Property developer Match Group's funds management arm has launched a pair of syndicates to acquire and develop two sites in Leederville and Mount Lawley.
Edith Cowan University has joined Murdoch University in freezing fees for students who enrol in an undergraduate degree this year amid concerns proposed government funding changes could drive down student enrolments.
Chinese steel giant Baosteel and listed railway operator Aurizon have cleared a key hurdle in their $1.4 billion joint takeover bid for Perth-based Aquila Resources, with the Foreign Investment Review Board giving the green light to the proposed deal.
No business sets out to deliberately make life hard for clients, especially if the client base includes some of Australia's richest people, which is why a recent technology change at the blueblood stockbroking firm JB Were is an example of how not to change a system.
Perth oil and gas explorer Rey Resources has agreed to farm into the Dunnart-2 exploration well joint venture in the Perth Basin with Key Petroleum and Caracal Exploration.
The CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp says alternative fuels will grow but that oil will remain the world's leading source of energy for another quarter century.
Murdoch University will wear the cost of exempting students who enrol in an undergraduate degree this year from increased fees as the federal government plans a 20 per cent funding cut in 2016.
BGC Contracting has joined forces with Western Australian business FIFO Families to offer its 2,000 fly-in, fly-out workers and their families access to extra support.
Investment group Sirona Capital has expanded its footprint in Fremantle, launching plans to develop a $30 million Quest serviced apartment hotel in the port city's West End.
The competition watchdog is taking egg producers and their lobby group to court, alleging they tried to induce members to cull hens and dispose of eggs to reduce the number available to consumers.
Full details of the federal government's paid parental leave scheme will be released when negotiations with the states have been completed, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
