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Perth-based vehicle retailer Automotive Holdings Group has announced plans to acquire distribution rights for Higer buses in Australia off the current distributor, which is in administration.

The unemployment rate in Western Australia was unchanged at 6.1 per cent in September, however it disguised a fall in employment as the number of people working fell by over 9,000 during the month.

Grain handler CBH Group has welcomed a report from the competition watchdog, which has expressed concern about the impact of the proposed $12 billion takeover of freight logistics company Asciano by Brookfield Infrastructure.

Copper miner Metallum is selling its Chilean assets and restructuring its board, after determining that it wouldn't be viable to restart operations at the El Roble project in the short or medium term.

Woodside Petroleum has fine-tuned its project portfolio as it deals with the impact of weak oil prices, selling one of its mature assets, deferring a new oil field development but proceeding with evaluation of another new development.

The Australian share market has opened higher, led by gains in the minerals sector.

Gina Rinehart beats Rio Tinto on royalties

The Australian dollar is back above 73 US cents, after weak US retail data dampened hopes of a US interest rate rise this year.

A downcast earnings forecast from Wal-Mart Stores and a lacklustre US retail sales report has sent retail stocks diving as US stocks finished lower.

Gold rallied to three and a half month highs, as soft US data fuelled expectations the US Federal Reserve will hold off raising its interest rate.

The state government has engaged former minister Cheryl Edwardes and former Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA chief executive John Langoulant to lead a review of the 11 state training provider

St John of God Subiaco chief executive Lachlan Henderson has been appointed chair of the Western Australian Cricket Association.

Former chairman of The Sunday Times and TVW Channel Seven Sir James Cruthers has died at the age of 90.

The state government is seeking local hospitality operators to fill 25 food and beverage tenancies at King Square's landmark Yagan Square, at the same time Seven Group Holdings put out the call internationally for a developer to create the city's tallest apartment towers at the CBD rejuvenation project.

Mining services company Ausdrill has been named the preferred contractor for a $US300 million ($A415 million) contract at Kefi Minerals' Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia.

Homebuilder JWH Group has recorded a small dip in profit, despite increasing the number of homes it started building over the financial year.

Recent University of Notre Dame Australia graduates have had the greatest success finding full-time employment, but graduates of the University of Western Australia have recorded the highest average salaries.

Commodity price falls on more weak economic data from China have dragged the share market into the red.

A federal election before next year's budget remains a possibility if the government remains boxed in on economic reform.

Construction of new houses in Western Australia fell 10.5 per cent in the June quarter, but the state has maintained a higher rate in the year to June than the decade average.

“It is hard to think of an activity with more benefits than cycling,” Auditor General Colin Murphy said in a report released today that concludes Perth's cycle network needs better planning before bike riding can become a significant mode of transport.

Local technology company DTI Group has won a $5.3 million contract to supply its video surveillance systems to the manufacturer building trains for Sydney's Metro Northwest project.

Western Australia's financial health is suffering from a multi-billion dollar revenue hit because of falling commodity prices and China's economic slowdown.

Health Minister Kim Hames has conceded he would have done certain things differently at the new Fiona Stanley Hospital.

The chairman of a state inquiry into the impact of fly-in, fly-out work practices on mental health has highlighted several missed opportunities following the state's announcement it will enact half of the 30 recommendations.

The billionaire Rinehart and Wright families have scored a multi-million dollar High Court win against mining giant Rio Tinto over iron ore royalties derived from the Pilbara.

Millennium Minerals has kicked off a $21 million capital raising to pay off its debt and fund an ‘aggressive' exploration campaign at its Nullagine gold project in the Pilbara.

Westpac's move to lift mortgage rates all but guarantees a Reserve Bank rate cut in November, Macquarie Bank says.

The Australian share market has opened almost half a per cent lower, with the big banks and energy stocks leading the falls.

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Forrest applies for more mineral exploration leases

A sell-off of drug company stocks put a hold on Wall Street's two-week-long rally.