The Australian dollar is only slightly lower as traders shrug off last week's Chinese yuan devaluations and await the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting.
Gold has turned slightly lower as the US dollar shifts higher on encouraging US data and as investors weigh the impact of China's currency intervention on the timing for the first US interest rate increase in nearly a decade.
East Perth's enclave of Claisebrook has emerged as a model for suburban rejuvenation, with sales figures over the 20-plus years since the redevelopment was launched indicating strong demand and solid returns for investors.
Welshpool-based logistics company Jolly & Sons has sold its John Deere dealerships in Dalwallinu and Wongan Hills to AFGRI Equipment Australia, the Midland-based subsidiary of South African agricultural services company AFGRI.
The Town of Port Hedland has received three bids, each worth more than $150 million, for a long-term lease over its airport, with the council due to make a final decision on the privatisation deal later this month.
Gucci is leaving its long-term tenancy on the corner of King and Hay streets, but fashionistas need not panic, with the luxury retailer simply moving to the other side of the street.
One of Perth's most exclusive home builders says double-brick construction is no longer in vogue at the top end of the market, with clients becoming increasingly willing to explore alternative building techniques such as timber framing and cladding to achieve a specific look for their home.
The founders of a popular Korean restaurant in Karawara have curtailed their original expansion plans, despite being flooded with offers to open a number of new outlets.
Perth-based Viburnum Funds looks set to receive roughly $31.4 million for its shares in Australian ophthalmology company Vision Eye Institute after Vision announced an agreed takeover bid by Chinese firm Jangho.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has contributed about half a million dollars towards the construction of a walk trail on Rottnest Island, making it the largest contribution to the island by a corporate entity.
The state government's infrastructure spending priorities have been called into question, with a new report showing its new big ticket transport items – the $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link and the $2 billion Forrestfield Airport Link – do not stack up economically when compared to other potential projects.
Unemployment has peaked early, thanks largely to the glacial pace of wage growth, says Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor for economics Christopher Kent.
Satterley Property Group has increased its Victorian land bank, buying fellow Western Australia-based developer Peet's 1,350-lot Arena Estate in the Greenvale area for $93.1 million.
Clive Palmer's private company has suffered a resounding loss in legal battle with China's CITIC Pacific, with a court judgement describing Mineralogy's claims as astonishing, farcical and without substance.
Gold fell 1 per cent on Thursday, snapping five sessions of gains, on the back of upbeat US data and concerns eased over further losses in the yuan after the devaluation of the currency by China.
Wall Street stocks have finished little changed in choppy trade as retail sales bested expectations, even as leading department stores reported lower profits.
Investors have welcomed the results of a pre-feasibility study on Carbine Resources' Mount Morgan gold and copper project, conducted by GR Engineering Services, which found it to be a potentially low-cost and viable operation.
Perth-based gold miner Renaissance Minerals has announced a revised royalty deal with OZ Minerals that will remove the requirement for Renaissance to pay $22.5 million in milestone payments associated with its Cambodian gold project.
