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Neptune Marine has signed a framework agreement to provide sub-sea engineering services for BP in the UK.

The number of Chinese visitors heading Down Under has outstripped the UK, making the Middle Kingdom Australia's second biggest market behind New Zealand.

Australian shares finished firmer as investors sought high-yielding bank stocks following this week's official interest rate cut.

Mining has been banned around a prime tourist attraction in the west Kimberley, the Horizontal Falls, but it's unclear which miners will be affected.

Forge Group has bucked the trend of mining services providers downgrading expectations, forecasting a profit improvement in FY2013 of between 28 and 43 per cent.

The nation's largest cattle producer, Australian Agricultural Company is on track to post a 2.5 per cent increase in sales for the year.

Shop owners have received some good news ahead of Christmas, with data showing the retail services sector expanding for the first time in 12 months.

Rare earths miner Lynas is facing further court action against the operation of its new plant in Malaysia.

Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group have increased their resource estimate for their Tropicana gold joint venture by almost 1.5 million ounces.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says the latest growth figures show the ongoing resilience of the Australian economy in the face of a difficult and volatile global environment.

Australian stocks have opened firmer, with banking stocks among the better performers in early trade.

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has rejected warnings by a former Reserve Bank governor that fiscal policy is going in the wrong direction.

US stocks closed slightly lower on Tuesday as Washington continued to wrangle over a budget plan that would avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff."

Recent financial scandals make it clear the union movement must be more accountable.

It may have been ugly, but the bitterness that dominated federal parliament this year has set the tone for 2013.

Cheap energy in the US is hurting European manufacturers, as some local retailers struggle to counter online sales.

Local businesses wanting to tap into the resources sector have not missed their chance, but the future will not be as easy as it once was for contractors and suppliers to the big projects.

It's often said that politics is theatre, but it seems two recent party leaders have missed their true calling.

BURATTI Fine Art is hosting the first Australian exhibition of 20th-century painter and poet, Aleister Crowley.

PERTH Theatre Trust chair Saliba Sassine has announced he will retire from his position at the end of his contract this year.

A NATIONAL microfinance group has announced plans to expand its presence in Western Australia following the receipt of a $300,000 grant from the state government.

HUNKERING down in year-end strategic planning sessions, you and your team are probably thinking hard about what's next for the economy and how that will affect your business.

WITH year's end approaching there is precious little time to develop a business plan so that you hit the ground running in January, instead of continuing the same strategies that may not have been

A RECENT upswing in buying activity, driven to a large extent by high rents and a tight market, couldn't have come at a more opportune time for mid-tier builder Psaros, which is preparing for the l

UNDERSTANDING the growing complexity of remuneration packages is a challenging exercise for investors seeking to determine the value, or otherwise, offered by a company's management team.

SENIOR Western Australian bureaucrats have received pay rises as high as $100,000 during the Liberal-National government's first term in office, research undertaken for the WA Business News Book of

LOOKING at the remuneration packages negotiated by newly appointed chief executives in Perth, there is a common pattern -5 size equals money.

Tougher economic times and increased scrutiny have put a cap on the growth of executive remuneration.

Brett Carboni has Nobu in his sights with the appointment of a new head chef and the opening of a fine-dining restaurant in Mosman Park.

Going nativeThe digital natives among you will have been lectured, harangued, convinced and entertained by TED but have you seen one live in your own state?

Australia's winter crops have resisted several months of dry weather to shape up for a better than average harvest.

Vodafone Hutchison Australia looks set to remain on the local scene for a while yet after shareholders approved chief executive Bill Morrow's 2013 business plan for boosting the telco's network per