Property developer Match Group's funds management arm has launched a pair of syndicates to acquire and develop two sites in Leederville and Mount Lawley.
Edith Cowan University has joined Murdoch University in freezing fees for students who enrol in an undergraduate degree this year amid concerns proposed government funding changes could drive down student enrolments.
Chinese steel giant Baosteel and listed railway operator Aurizon have cleared a key hurdle in their $1.4 billion joint takeover bid for Perth-based Aquila Resources, with the Foreign Investment Review Board giving the green light to the proposed deal.
No business sets out to deliberately make life hard for clients, especially if the client base includes some of Australia's richest people, which is why a recent technology change at the blueblood stockbroking firm JB Were is an example of how not to change a system.
Perth oil and gas explorer Rey Resources has agreed to farm into the Dunnart-2 exploration well joint venture in the Perth Basin with Key Petroleum and Caracal Exploration.
The CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp says alternative fuels will grow but that oil will remain the world's leading source of energy for another quarter century.
Murdoch University will wear the cost of exempting students who enrol in an undergraduate degree this year from increased fees as the federal government plans a 20 per cent funding cut in 2016.
BGC Contracting has joined forces with Western Australian business FIFO Families to offer its 2,000 fly-in, fly-out workers and their families access to extra support.
Investment group Sirona Capital has expanded its footprint in Fremantle, launching plans to develop a $30 million Quest serviced apartment hotel in the port city's West End.
The competition watchdog is taking egg producers and their lobby group to court, alleging they tried to induce members to cull hens and dispose of eggs to reduce the number available to consumers.
Full details of the federal government's paid parental leave scheme will be released when negotiations with the states have been completed, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
The City of Fremantle's push to revitalise its flagging retail scene is bearing fruit, with the first two recipients of the city's new business-attraction incentive scheme set to take on long-term leases.
Co-operatives, mutuals and other not-for-profit businesses in Western Australia achieved solid growth last year, outperforming many private and listed companies.
The head of a leading pharmacy chain has warned the sector would fracture if it were deregulated, as proposed in the federal government's recent Commission of Audit report.
Engineering contractor Thiess has been awarded a $330 million contract to construct the process plant facilities for the Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara (with updated list of 36 major engineering construction contracts awarded in past year).
Beverages giant Lion has confirmed about a third of workers at its Bentley milk processing plant will lose their jobs after the company was dumped as Woolworths' milk supplier in Western Australia for rival Brownes.
