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Gold prices have fallen, as investors believe the European Central Bank will take further measures to boost the region's economy, after the Bank of Japan unveiled a fresh round of stimulus last week.

Performance appraisals may be a ubiquitous feature of HR departments in businesses economy-wide, doubts remain about their use.

A WA computer manufacturing business has been shortlisted in an international energy saving competition.

Perth-based Liontown Resources says it will accept just $465,500 to satisfy an outstanding settlement around the sale of its Liontown base metal deposit in Queensland to collapsed miner Kagara, which was later offloaded to Red River Resources.

There are lots of excuses for failing to achieve success, but very few reasons that actually stand up to scrutiny.

Most voters would support a rise in GST if the money went to health and hospitals, a new poll has found.

The share market has closed slightly higher as poor trade figures and an upward revision to recent unemployment figures muted the response to strong growth in retail spending.

Copper producer Aditya Birla Minerals has flagged impairment charges in the range of $175 million to $225 million in its upcoming half-year financial report, resulting from mining set-backs, potential asset divestments, and devaluation of its heap leach inventory.

Interest rates are unlikely to move any time soon with the Reserve Bank of Australia still concerned about the high Australian dollar.

Pluton Resources says its major shareholder General Nice Resources has appointed KordaMentha as the company's receivers, after secured creditor Rizhao Port Group Logistics yesterday tried to appoint representatives from FTI Consulting to the same role.

Education provider Navitas says a rising number of foreigners are pretending to be students to get visas.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is having another stab at calculating its jobs figures, and the latest estimates will look a bit worse than the previous attempt.

Rising house prices and the release of new smartphones have tempted Australians out of spending hibernation.

The Australian share market is slightly higher following soft leads from overseas markets and as the nation prepares to mark Melbourne Cup day.

Like all businesses, university assets funds should be put to work.

The Australian dollar has fallen to an almost three-week low after the release of weak local building approvals figures and Chinese manufacturing data.

US stocks have finished little changed following mixed economic data as markets paused after last week's records.

Oil prices have plunged late in the day, after reports that Saudi Arabia was slashing its export prices for the US market while hiking them for Asia.

Gold has extended its four-year low as the US dollar advanced against other currencies and stocks hit new record highs.

Tourism body Australia's NorthWest has wrapped up a three-year campaign marketing the Kimberley region by winning a top prize at this year's state tourism awards.

A leading medical researcher at the Telethon Kids Institute believes effective communication is key if the business community is to become more engaged in research into autism.

Activity in the state's debtor financing sector has ramped up, with one national business setting up shop in Perth and another, existing player moving to a bigger office.

Learning how to operate and work with food delivery robots, new cleaning technology and interactive patient entertainment systems will be just part of the process for 1,000 new Fiona Stanley Hospital workers.

Perth-based oil and gas company Range Resources entered into a memorandum of understanding with investor Core Capital Management for the provision of about $US50 million in cash and shares.

Perth-based uranium explorer and developer Toro Energy has secured a $10 million cash injection from global investor The Sentient Group, with a further $10 million to directly fund Toro's Wiluna project still to come.

Australia's big four banks have made a record total profit of $28.6 billion as property prices continued to surge.

The share market has closed weaker as softer commodity prices hit the big miners and Woolworths delivered disappointing sales growth.

China's maturing economy, not a conspiracy of collusion, is behind the actions of WA's two biggest iron ore miners.

Pluton Resources is in the midst of a battle between creditors, with major shareholder General Nice Resources and secured creditor Rizhao Port Group Logistics fighting over who gets to appoint receivers to the iron ore miner.

Embattled collier Continental Coal has struck a $70 million deal to offload its interest in its South African subsidiary, leaving the company debt free and with excess cash reserves.

Shares in Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications have hit a record high following the company's unveiling of its strategic east coast expansion.

Perth-based internet service provider iiNet is working on its third contract to build a public wireless internet network outside of Western Australia.