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The share market has closed higher as investors found reason to buy back into the sold-off banking sector.

Australia's largest food maker isn't too bothered about the arrival of 85-cents-a-loaf bread on supermarket shelves.

Rare earths producer Lynas Corporation has announced an $83 million capital raising to help replenish its crippled cash balance.

Newcrest Mining increased short-term bonuses to top executives more than 11-fold this year despite making another heavy loss.

West Perth-based miner Metals X has completed a $40.4 million pre-pay arrangement with Citibank for the production of over 30,000 ounces of gold.

Range Resources has secured a US$15 million loan from John Hancock-advised Lind Partners to accelerate development drilling of Range's Trinidad onshore assets.

Misinformation and pseudo science are being used to thwart fracking, which is in its infancy in Australia.

The amount Australians owe on their mortgages has notched up its fastest annual growth for three and half years.

Charities tackling leading causes of death in WA are missing out on more fundraising dollars.

City councils are being urged to make it easier for local retail strips to be revitalised.

Retail property players say international fashion brands are only the beginning of the global onslaught.

After 10 years of limited development, Perth's major shopping centres are expanding and evolving.

The Fremantle Dockers will take another step towards moving out of their traditional heartland later this week, with the $107 million aquatic recreation centre joint venture with the City of Cockbu

Retailers are increasingly trying to find a balance between having an online presence and getting shoppers through the door of traditional stores.

A prime riverfront restaurant has been placed on the market, with selling agent Colliers International expecting strong interest from Perth's top hospitality operators.

Peak Resources has secured a $28.6 million funding deal with mining and metals equity investor Appian Natural Resources Fund, to assist in financing a bankable feasibility study at its Ngualla rare earth project in Tanzania.

The coal industry is getting its "mojo" back despite job losses, BHP Billiton chief executive officer Andrew Mackenzie says.

Online retail spending growth continues to slow.

As worries about the global financial crisis fade, Australian households look ready to break open their piggy banks.

Shares in Perth-based metals explorer Peel Mining have surged on news it would receive up to $7 million through a farm-in agreement with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.

Telstra's forgotten pay phone booths will be repurposed as Wi-Fi hotspots as part of a plan to blanket public spaces with internet.

The Australian share market has opened flat after iron ore prices hit a fresh five-year low.

A worker has died at BHP Billiton's Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia's South West after falling down an elevator shaft near a conveyor belt.

Consumer confidence is stabilising as households become more optimistic about their finances.

The Australian dollar is unchanged, as a fall in the price of iron ore and a weaker New Zealand dollar weigh on the currency.

Wall Street stocks have finished lower as a heavy week of US economic data got under way while investors eyed political unrest in Hong Kong.

US oil prices have risen sharply at the start of a busy week of economic data expected to further strengthen confidence in the comparative strength of the American economic recovery.

Perth-based explorer Gold Road Resources has received commitments for a $23.2 million capital raising, with the company keen to further explore gold targets identified within its tenement holding on the Yamarna Belt.

Sydney is an amazing city with lots of iconic attractions, so it's hard to summarise a week there in short-form, but I'll try – I love visiting and experiencing what it has to offer, but have no great desire to live there.

The Australian share market has lost all the gains it made this year, after suffering a fall of more than one per cent.

Ausdrill announced today that the proceedings in the Supreme Court against its chief executive officer Ron Sayers have been discontinued.

Western Australia's corruption watchdog has recorded an increase in allegations it receives about misconduct by public officers, plus a 100 per cent conviction rate, its annual report shows.