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Packaged food manufacturers have about two years to voluntarily implement health star ratings on the front of their products, or risk legislative measures.

The Australian market had its best day in nearly 18 months as investors decided its month-long slide had gone far enough.

Find a fault in the earth's crust and you could find some gold, Western Australian researchers say.

German minerals processing giant Haver & Tyler has opened a Western Australian outpost, its first branch to be established in Australia.

Green energy firm Solco has established a national finance business, offering solar power products for lease through retailers and installers.

Mining services firm Allmine Group has elected Robert Wilde to chair its board of directors, just over a month after installing a new chief executive.

Japan's Mitsubishi says it will halt any further work on the $6 billion Oakajee port and rail development in the Mid West.

Debt-laden Elders has received at least one formal bid for its main rural services business and is working on securing a sale, following eight months of negotiations.

One of Perth's longest running private art businesses is restructuring to turn its main gallery space into a proposed artists' collective, citing a crisis in the sector as rivals close their doors.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been working to improve animal welfare practices in Western Australia since 1892.

The St Vincent de Paul Society was among the state's first not-for-profit organisations to receive a grant from the state lottery commission (now Lotterywest), in 1933.

The Australian market has opened stronger, raising hopes of an end to the sharp slide in shares in recent weeks.

Car subsidies not the only one-way deals out there.

Google captured more than half of the $US8.8 billion ($A9.33 billion) spent on mobile internet advertising worldwide last year and is expected to boost its share in 2013, market watchers say.

The Australian dollar has surged to its highest point in a week with it looking less likely the US Federal Reserve will wind back its economic stimulus program.

US stocks gained their footing after a rocky start on Thursday to put on strong gains in their first positive day this week, shrugging off the 6.4 per cent plunge in Japanese markets.

Perth ‘hackers' have justified the city's growing reputation as a host for start-ups, walking away with a swag of prizes at a national competition aimed at mining government data for the people.

Security screeners at Perth Airport's Qantas terminal have walked off the job for the second time this week over a pay dispute.

BOC has secured a $10 million grant funded from the federal government's carbon tax revenue to upgrade its Kwinana facility.

The battle to secure the first development plots at Elizabeth Quay has intensified after the field narrowed to just two bidders this week.

There's certainly no shortage of ambition at Present Group, which has the lofty goal of becoming the world's first global 'completions enterprise'.

A strong focus on customer satisfaction has helped Monford Group grow its business by attracting repeat customers in the construction sector.

The decision to embrace diversity has helped Global Electrotech grow from a founding partnership of two formed in 2000 to 168 employees today specialising in the design, installation, commissioning

Alex Kok has come a long way since the early days roasting coffee out of a rented shed in Metricup, half way between Busselton and Margaret River.

Seven years ago, an old hand in the mining industry and a former SAS sergeant major started a business providing housing solutions for companies operating in remote Western Australia.

The founders of digital agency Alyka have grown their business from a partnership of three to an operation with 26 staff and dozens of corporate and government clients in just five years.

The Australian share market posted its 13th day of losses in 17th trading sessions amid worries about global economic growth and the winding back of stimulus packages.

Vesco's successful turnaround has been founded on a clear and structured strategy.

Engineering and construction company Primero Group has enjoyed enormous growth in its brief existence.