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A Singaporean investment group has taken a long-term view on Perth's hotels sector, shrugging off plunging room rates and a massive wave of new developments to purchase the Crowne Plaza Perth for $50 million.

Australian shares are sharply higher, bucking the lead from Wall Street which closed mostly flat due to concerns over a delay to President Trump's first major reform bill's passage through Congress

Li offers more trade, at a priceChinese Premier Li Keqiang has urged Australia not to take sides as happened during the Cold War, warning strategic tensions in the regi

Wall Street has declined after US lawmakers delayed a vote on a healthcare bill seen as President Donald Trump's first policy test.

The Australian dollar is lower against its US counterpart, and the yen and the euro, as the local currency underperforms while the greenback remains steady.

Oil prices have dipped, struggling to recover from four-month lows because of investor concerns that OPEC-led supply cuts were not yet reducing record US crude inventories.

Gold prices slip as the US dollar firms slightly, while palladium extends gains to hit a two-year high on economic data and demand from the automobile sector.

The appointment of Sam Walsh as a director of Mitsui & Company this week has brought attention to the usually low-profile Japanese multinational, which according to BNiQ Search Engine data has been a major investor in Western Australia's resources industry and is one of the state's largest exporters.

Two days after Harvey Norman rejected a claim that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was reviewing its accounts, the retail giant has said the corporate watchdog is undertaking a “routine review”.

The share market has posted a small gain as investors recuperated some of the losses from a Wall Street-led sell-off on Wednesday.

Freshly renamed Indian sandalwood producer Quintis has suffered another share price slide, prompting a query from the ASX, following short-seller Glaucus Research Group's scathing report into the Nedlands-based business yesterday.

OPINION: Sales activity experienced a contraction over the week, with Reiwa members reporting a decrease in weekly sales to 650.

One of the newest entrants to Perth's hotels sector is promising a radically different approach to hospitality.

Rail freight operator Aurizon has brought in former Woodside Petroleum senior manager Tina Thomas as executive vice-president of human resources, as the company undertakes a new organisational structure.

A big increase in takeaway spending in WA may not be flowing through to the big players, but they are still investing in market share.

Domestic airfares hit a five-year high in the first three months of the year, as airlines cut back on flights to Western Australia.

The Western Force is calling on the public to purchase $10 million worth of shares in the club in what it has labelled a “last call” to save it from being cut from the Super Rugby competition.

Biogas and hydrogen could be injected into distribution networks to partially replace natural gas for use by industry and households within decades, according to a report released today b

Representatives from some of the world's most innovative companies will touch down in Perth next week to share their insights into the ‘internet of things' at Perth's inaugural eight-day Festival of the Web.

ANALYSIS: It seems like a case of right place, right time for shipbuilder Austal, although it has been a success many years in the making.

Perth-based explorer Alara Resources has signed an offtake agreement for copper from its Al Hadeetha project in Oman, with the deal including a $US6 million ($A7.8 million) pre-payment.

Weakness in Western Australia's residential construction sector is throwing up significant challenges for building product manufacturers, weighing on the profits of ASX-listed outfits Brickworks and Boral.

Energy and mining stocks have helped lift the Australian share market in a modest recovery from its sharpest one-day fall in more than four months.

Big business tax cuts fears growThe federal government has secured Senate support for its childcare reforms in a deal that has left the fate of a net $4 billion in budg

The Australian dollar is higher against its US counterpart which has lost further ground as investors rethink the growth expectations under US president Donald Trump's administration

Oil prices have again slipped, falling to their lowest since late November, with Brent testing the $US50 per barrel support, after data showed record high US crude inventories rising faster than expected, raising doubts over the viability of OPEC-led output cuts.

Gold has climbed to a three-week high as the US dollar has fallen to seven-week lows and bond yields sink on uncertainty over the economic policies of US President Donald Trump.

Air travel from Perth to Broome and Perth to Karratha fell dramatically in January compared to the same month in 2016, according to the latest data by the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics.

MSP Engineering has established a new headquarters in West Perth to cater for a bigger workforce as it builds a $400 million lithium processing plant in Kwinana.

S2 Resources chairman Jeff Dowling and Clayton Utz partner Stephen Boyle have been named incoming directors of Fleetwood Corporation, while Michael Hardy has retired from board.

A former chief of staff to Premier Mark McGowan has been seconded to a senior role in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, triggering speculation he may become the next director general, putting him at the centre of government power.

Dormant Perth-based biotech company Pharmanet Group will re-emerge as a gold explorer after entering into an agreement to acquire Keras Australia by way of a reverse takeover.