Oil prices have tumbled, with the US benchmark down 2.2 per cent, on expectations that the OPEC cartel will not agree to cut output despite ample global supplies.
Gold prices have edged higher, after a day of shuffling between gains and losses as two sets of economic data gave varying pictures of the state of US recovery.
Fremantle-based Carnegie Wave Energy has celebrated the installation of its first CETO 5 wave technology unit off Garden Island, marking the start of its $30 million wave energy project.
CTI Logistics has bought 67,000 square metres of land adjacent to its Hazelmere warehousing and distribution centre, in a private deal believed to be worth just under $19 million.
Property developer and investment firm Lester Group has inked its first deal in New South Wales, buying an industrial property in Sydney's Ingleburn for $13.2 million.
NRW Holdings chairman Ian Burston has told shareholders the contractor will not be "jerked around by anybody" after revealing it is in a dispute over its largest project at Roy Hill.
MZI Resources has signed a deal to sell most of the high value titanium dioxide production from its Keysbrook mineral sands project to US-based DuPont Titanium Technologies, and is still looking for a buyer for the balance.
National Lifestyle Villages is planning a major expansion after signing an innovative $150 million partnership deal with Blackstone, the second international private equity group to back the Perth business.
Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has announced that its marine logistics business will focus on the offshore LNG sector, after completing the sale of several operations in northern Australia and Asia.
Shares in Perth-based contractor OTOC have surged on news it is looking to expand its presence on the east coast with the acquisition of Sydney-based Geo-Metric Surveying for up to $12 million.
Perth-based surveying firm McMullen Nolan Group is focusing on rolling out its laser scanning technology across the industry, as it marks its 25th anniversary by rebranding its operations as MNG.
The success of Perth technology company Track'em has attracted plenty of interest from investors, but founder Kashif Saleem says he hasn't ruled out taking the business public.
A Western Australian dairy boss who waited three years for the business to turn a profit has discovered the other end of the spectrum, and is now dealing with an operation that has outgrown its facilities.
Subiaco-based resource exploration company TNG has been awarded damages of $3.5 million after a court case that spanned more than a decade, but has cautioned that the impact of the "extraordinarily complex" judgement remains unclear.
Subiaco-based ZipTel has announced the launch of its latest product which provides overseas travellers with mobile data usage, through partnerships it has made in over 180 countries.
A northern suburbs property manager has been banned from the industry for five years for failing to deposit income from rental properties into a trust account.
International insurance broker Lockton Australia has signed a 750 square metre lease at a newly completed office building on Vincent Street in the centre of Leederville.
A new report from BIS Shrapnel has forecast a surge in mining production over the next four years as the mining industry's focus shifts away from the investment and construction phase of the boom.
