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The Dow has closed at a new all-time high after strong gains in US home prices and consumer confidence boosted stocks.

Curtin University is in the running to build a key component of the Square Kilometre Array radio-astronomy project after securing Federal Government support.

Oz Minerals has told frustrated shareholders that its near record low share price has no effect on the company's higher underlying value.

The nation's mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector generates more than $90 billion in revenue and contributes 6.4 per cent to the Australian economy each year, new research says.

It's not easy seeing economic blue sky when the air is filled with grey clouds, but one well-connected bank reckons we're being too gloomy in Western Australia and that the ‘new normal' will be much better than the ‘old normal'.

Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder is hopeful the conglomerate will seek out new acquisitions offshore in the years ahead.

Troubled gold miner KalNorth Gold Mines has undertaken a shakeup of operations at its Lindsay's gold mine in an effort to lower costs.

Australian shares finished slightly higher on Tuesday, stemming the market's five-day run of losses.

Peel Mining aims to raise $5.1 million through a share placement priced at 49 cents per share to new and existing institutional investors.

Conveyer belt manufacturer Fenner Dunlop Australia has announced a $25 million expansion of its production facility in Kwinana.

Contracting groups Kiewit Australia, Ertech and ATCO have shared in more than $400 million of new contracts at Chevron's $29 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project.

Brazil-focused iron ore miner Centaurus Metals has pushed back the commissioning date for its Jambreiro project to mid-2014, instead of by the end of this year, because of changes in the nature of

Qantas has announced a raft of upgrades and additional flights at Perth Airport, taking its total investment in Perth over the past four years to more than $100 million.

Diploma Group shares have risen on the ASX today after the company said its efforts to restructure its operations would result in a significant lift in profit for the 2013 financial year

Australian shares have opened stronger as investors look to whether the United States will alter its massive economic stimulus program.

Julia Gillard is right to crack down on the advertising of gambling odds during sporting contests, but the prime minister's political opportunism masks her failure to have a policy on gambling that

Australia would miss out on a once-in-a-generation liquefied natural gas boom unless it reduced costs by up to 30 per cent, says a new report.

The Australian dollar is almost unchanged after a night of quiet trade due to holidays in the United States and Britain.

Europe's stock markets closed on a positive note on Monday as market watchers said investors focused on profit-taking as both the London and New York markets were closed for holidays.

Property owner and manager GPT Group has dropped its $3 billion bid for Australand's commercial and industrial assets.

The Satterley Property Group has bought a 2,000-home lot in Melbourne for $100 million.

The Australian dollar has closed below US97 cents for the third straight session as traders continue flocking to the greenback.

Australian stocks closed lower on Monday, adding to a string of losses notched up last week.

The head of global energy giant Shell says rising costs are a challenge for doing business in Australia.

THE resources sector has lost an experienced advocate, and the state government a steady hand, with the retirement of the former mines and petroleum minister Norman Moore after a 36-year career in

Excessive wage demands are threatening major energy projects in Australia, a federal Labor minister says.

Australia faces a hiatus in new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects as buyers switch their focus to the United States.

Australia's oil and gas industry has defended its contribution to the economy, saying it will deliver $13 billion a year in taxes by the end of the decade.

Business leaders in Western Australia say there should be no rise in the state's minimum wage this year, with the WA Industrial Relations Commission set to hear the state wage case this week.

Live animal exports would be banned by 2017 under a private bill introduced by federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie, who says the industry has run out of "last chances".