Brent prices have fallen while WTI (US) crude has rallied, after oil stockpiles in the world's top consumer unexpectedly drew down with refiners coming back online following Hurricane Harvey in August.
Heightened expectations that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this year has driven gold to a one-month low, extending losses after the biggest one-day loss in almost two years during the previous session.
Perth software company Moodle, which has quietly grown to have more than 100 million registered users around the world, has accepted its first outside investment after rejecting multiple approaches from venture capital funds.
The share market has lost ground as investors tread cautiously ahead of a speech by US President Donald Trump that is expected to detail his plans for tax cuts and reform.
Growth in Western Australia's population has continued near historically low levels, with almost 1,000 people per month leaving WA to live in other states, primarily Victoria.
Listed exploration companies increased their spending in the three months to June, according to a new report by accounting and corporate advisory firm BDO.
Property group Stockland has attracted Optus for the top floor of its office building on Victoria Avenue in the CBD, with the telco giant to also take up naming and signage rights.
Failed Ten Network Holdings bidders Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch may be analysing their own independent expert's report ahead of making a decision on challenging the sale of Ten to CBS, a court has heard.
Premier Mark McGowan has lashed the state police union's leadership after a short-lived escalation of industrial action over a pay dispute, saying they went rogue and took the law into their own hands.
New ports, better planning and increased use of technology are in the sights of transport industry leaders preparing the state's freight network for coming decades, according to a panel of experts at a recent Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch.
The Australian market is flat at the open following a mixed lead from Wall Street and reversing from positive indicators on the futures market ahead of the start of trade.
Tax hike widens split over Kalgoorlie Super-Pit valueA tax hike in Western Australia stands to lower the value of a massive gold deposit and further drive apart its own
Oil prices have ended one per cent lower after investors took profits following a rally to 26-month highs spurred largely by threats from Turkey to cut crude exports from Iraq's Kurdistan region.
The Australian dollar has slipped against a strengthening US dollar which rose overnight alongside climbing US interest rates and as risk aversion appeared to fade.
The Australian Securities Exchange has asked the Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia to retract a statement claiming the ASX could force listed gold miners to suspend trading in their shares because of the planned increased in WA's gold royalty.
Perth-based Monadelphous Group has won a suite of new contracts and extensions for maintenance and construction work around Australia and internationally, to the tune of $220 million.
The state's newest co-working space has been opened in Yanchep, after a $10 million investment by the area's main property developer, in a bid to create a knowledge-based economy in the region ahead of an anticipated population influx.
Northbridge-based Matsa Resources has signed an agreement to acquire Saracen Mineral Holdings' Red October gold mine near Laverton for about $2 million in cash and shares.
SPECIAL REPORT: Blackham Resources has overcome a number of hurdles following its transition from explorer to producer, while the state's emerging miners wrapped-up a busy 12 months.
The state government has given the green light for a luxury camping retreat on Rottnest Island, to be developed by Baileys Group, which has also bought the former Aristos restaurant on the island after selling the Rottnest Express ferry service late last year.
The company behind the Australian Securities Exchange believes it has found the global 'sweet spot' for attracting companies to list on the local market.
