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Grain handler and marketer CBH Group has closed its Western Australian network after a male contractor died while carrying out maintenance work at Northampton.

The Australian share market has rallied as investors bank on a record annual result from Australia's largest bank on Wednesday.

The head of the Economic Regulation Authority Lyndon Rowe has been appointed full-time chairman of Synergy.

Perth-based explorer NSL Consolidated has announced it has received $2.5 million from financer Effectivo, which will in turn receive 25 million of the company's shares.

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Business confidence is at its highest level in almost four years, but it is uncertain whether the improvement will last.

Subiaco-based gold and metal base explorer Ironbark Zinc has announced a $2.5 million capital raising for permitting and pre-development works at its Citronen zinc project in Greenland.

Shares in junior oil and gas explorer Neon Energy have surged over 70 per cent on the news that the company had agreed to pay $US5.75 million to its Vietnamese joint venture partners, settling financial liabilities.

Controversy has erupted over The National Trust's decision to end not-for-profit group Fly By Night's lease of the Artillery Drill Hall in Fremantle.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has said capital city house prices continue to rise, boosted by a strong Sydney housing market.

The state government has streamlined the planning approvals process, rolling out consistent regulations across local governments, introducing online application systems, and removing the requirement for single homes that meet R-Code regulations to have to go through the planning approvals process.

Hundreds of thousands of Australians could share in the nation's biggest class action, which has been launched against a number of banks over late payment fees.

Origin Energy has completed its acquisition of Karoon Gas's 40 per cent interest in its Browse Basin permits, which include the Poseidon gas discovery.

A coalition of state and national environmental groups have raised concerns about water contamination and other impacts on Western Australia's largest national park.

Finbar is planning a 30-storey residential tower at the Civic Triangle site in South Perth, flagging a $300 million proposal today after completing the acquisition of the property in a transaction initially announced last month.

Online travel group Wotif.com has suffered a 15 per cent slide in its full year profit amid increasing costs and a fall in a accommodation bookings.

Woolworths' home improvement business has hit troubled waters, with the retailer warning of a blowout in losses.

Telstra is taking a controlling stake in US video streaming and analytics platform Ooyala as it looks to expand beyond its traditional telecommunications business.

The Australian share market has opened higher.

David Jones boss Paul Zahra has quit the department store chain, to be replaced by Country Road head Ian Nairn.

The Australian dollar is hovering below 93 US cents following a quiet trading session overnight.

Oil prices have finished mixed as traders kept watch on turmoil in Iraq, while anticipating another drop in US crude-oil inventories.

US stocks have finished higher, capping a sunny day for global markets in a rally that gained force from a more optimistic perception of conflicts in Ukraine and Iraq.

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The Liberal Party in Western Australia has backed the introduction of new consumer-focused ridesharing applications such as global group Uber, which launched in Perth last month as an alternative t

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has delivered a better than expected profit in the face of growing competition and customers getting ahead on loan repayments.

The Australian share market has closed higher, snapping a six-session losing streak.

PLD Corporation has raised over $1 million after a share placement and entitlements issue closed heavily oversubscribed.

Fortescue Metals Group has awarded Perth-based Intellect Systems, a subsidiary of Resource Development Group, a control and engineering services contract for the first stage of its North Star magnetite project in the Pilbara.

Lend Lease has been selected to expand the Kwinana Freeway south of Roe Highway, in a $62 million contract announced by the state and federal governments today.

Westoz Investment Company stated that it almost tripled its reported profit in the 2014 financial year, with an increase in after tax profit from $7.4 million last year to $21.2 million.

Lending has risen to its highest level in more than six years, as businesses and individuals take advantage of low interest rates.