NATIONAL Australia Bank has signed on as the national sponsor for SportingPulse, an organisation that acts in part as a support to the development of grassroots sports.
PERTH International Arts Festival director Jonathan Holloway has announced the first round of highlights in the 2012 PIAF program, with two Australian exclusives among them.
RUSSELL Quinn used his years of experience in real estate to guide him in the development of an online boat management system he says takes the complication out of boating syndicates.
FOR the first time in eight years, homebuilder BGC has lost its grasp on the top ranking in the Housing Industry Association's annual homebuilders report.
EMCO Building director John Ripp says Western Australia's construction industry is facing some of the toughest times ever, with recovery not expected until mid next year.
The hospitality industry is still recovering from a lethargy brought on by the global financial crisis, but industry leaders are cautiously optimistic about the outlook.
Big-name restaurants and chefs have moved into the Burswood Entertainment Complex, but does that make it the new epicentre of Perth dining? Emily Morgan reports.
The Australian share market opened slightly lower on the back of dramatic falls on overseas metals markets and a weak start to the US reporting season overnight.
US stocks drifted to a mixed finish Tuesday ahead of the start of company earnings season and a key vote in Slovakia that could decide the eurozone's rescue fund amid a sovereign debt crisis.
Australia's sharemarket will climb back to its pre-financial crisis record high by 2013/14 and investors will enjoy returns higher than six per cent a year in the meantime.
The Australian share market ended higher but pulled back from earlier gains, as investors digested news that France and Germany have a plan to fix the eurozone debt crisis.
Until now the Qantas dispute has been a conventional disagreement between an employer and its employees but yesterday's call to effectively destroy the company means it has turned political and sho
US stocks rallied sharply Monday after Germany and France pledged over the weekend to find a solid plan to address the eurozone debt crisis and shore up European banks within weeks.
Australian shares were higher at noon, bucking a weak US lead as investors took heart in a plan to recapitalise ailing European banks to help contain the impact of the eurozone debt crisis.
Wall Street stocks closed in the red on Friday after a credit downgrade on Italy and Spain snuffed out a rally on better-than-expected US jobs numbers.
Australian shares have posted the best week in over a year as money flowed back into stocks on confidence European banks will be strengthened against a possible Greek default.
The Australian share market opened higher on the back of news European leaders would help cash-strapped banks in the Eurozone debt crisis and a strong lead from Wall Street.
US stocks put on solid gains Thursday, helped by more confidence in banks and the retail sector and in Europe's push to ensure its banks remain stable in the case of a Greek sovereign default.
The state government has formally commenced planning for a new gas pipeline between Bunbury and Albany, as negotiations continue with Grange Resources, whose Southdown iron ore project will be critica
The Australian share market has continued its rally, led by miners and banks on renewed investor optimism a plan to help ease the eurozone debt crisis is imminent.
Qantas Airways says its decade-long association with Rio Tinto has been extended for a further three years after the airline signed a new agreement with the mining giant.
US stocks surged for a second day on Wednesday on signs that Europe was preparing a plan to contain the Greek crisis and protect the region's banks from the effects of a Greek debt default.
A state government review has identified 61 parcels of Crown land in the Pilbara that are underutilised or surplus and could be put on the market for private development.
The Australian share market staged a late rally to close firmly in the black after a similar surge on Wall Street and higher commodities prices overnight boosted resources and financial stocks.
The big four banks have tough decisions to make if they want to grow or even just maintain their share of the mortgage market in a subdued property environment, analysts say.
