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Prime Minister Julia Gillard believes the Australian dollar will stay high for some time but says this shouldn't stop the nation from having a viable manufacturing sector.

Apartment development firm Finbar Group says it is on track to exceed its record full-year profit from 2012 after it lodged a $14.07 million net profit for the six months to December 31.

Mining services company MacMahon Holdings will post a loss of up to $20 million this financial year because of its troubled construction business.

The Australian share market is higher after Wall Street rose sharply on better-than-expected housing and consumer confidence data.

Engineering firm UGL's first half profit has slumped by 53 per cent due to $25 million in costs from a restructure.

US stocks have closed decisively higher following strong reports on consumer confidence and the housing market.

The Liberals may be on track to win the March 9 poll, but Colin Barnett and his team will be hoping voters don't see the result as a fait accompli.

Whoever wins in WA's March 9 poll, there is a chance to minimise payroll tax -collectively.

If any further evidence were needed that the commodities boom is over, management changes at some of the world's biggest resources companies seals the deal.

Voters need to remember that some of the most significant and positive changes in WA have come from governments doing less, not more.

Federal Labor's faction leaders need to think carefully before choosing the party's new leader after what's likely to be a devastating result in the September poll.

REPRESENTATIVES from a number of Perth-based insurance companies donned their aprons and took up their tongs last week for the second annual Willis On Fire charity barbecue cooking competition.

PHILANTHROPY organisation The Funding Network will introduce an innovative fundraising format to Perth next week, aimed at encouraging a broader range of people to contribute to charitable projects

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WHILE having a strategy to grow your business is a good starting place, there are several key ingredients that go into making it a success or otherwise.

AFG spent close to $1 million preparing to list on the ASX in 2007, but held off as the financial storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

Perth's apartment market has shifted up a gear with off-the-plan sales jumping on the back of interest rate reductions and the rental squeeze.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

BOTH major parties have committed to big-spending projects in their bid to secure votes ahead of the upcoming state election.

With just over a week to go until the state election, the business community was eager to interrogate the treasurer and his key rival.

AS the March 9 election approaches, Western Australians are being enticed by both sides of politics with big-picture visionary projects.

Theatrical influences have become a point of difference for 1907 Restaurant.

Premier Colin Barnett has committed a future Liberal government to build the long-proposed Perth-Darwin Highway adding to a string of expensive transport projects the competing parties have promise

The Australian dollar has closed relatively flat as investors hold out to see how European markets react to Italy's election results.

A sharp jump in global miner Rio Tinto's debt has led to a downgrade in its credit outlook by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

The Australian Greens and the federal coalition both want Labor's mining tax subjected to another Senate inquiry, but for entirely different reasons.

GR Engineering remains confident of an improved second half performance after one-off costs and project deferrals resulted in an 81 per cent fall in interim profit.

Travel agency Jetset Travelworld will continue to cut costs while it considers ways to boost business.

The Australian share market has closed lower but pared back earlier heavy falls.There were losses among the miners and big banks as investors took profits after recent gains.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has booked a 17 per cent drop in interim net profit, which it says was the result contract signing delays on two major projects.

Qantas has rejected former prime minister Malcolm Fraser's claim it interfered in the case of two Australian businessmen languishing in detention in Dubai.

QBE Insurance will cut hundreds of staff as it streamlines its global operations, but insists there will be no mass redundancies.