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Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
10 Dec 2018

NBN targets business for $1 billion

Wall St tumbles as trade worries loom

AAP AAP
10 Dec 2018

Wall Street has tumbled in a broad sell-off led by declines in big internet and technology shares, and the benchmark S&P 500 index posted its biggest weekly percentage drop since March as concerns over US-China trade tensions and interest rates convulsed Wall Street.

Oil prices edge higher on OPEC-led cuts

AAP AAP
10 Dec 2018

Oil prices ended the week more than two per cent higher after OPEC members and allies like Russia agreed to reduce output to drain global fuel inventories and support the market, but the gains were ca

Gold soars to five-month peak on soft $US

AAP AAP
10 Dec 2018

Gold hit a five-month peak as the dollar slid following weaker-than-expected US jobs data, which added to expectations that the US Federal Reserve may go slow on interest rate hikes next year.

Head helps Aussies reach 7-191 at stumps

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

Australia missed a golden chance to hammer home their ascendancy despite hometown hero Travis Head's best efforts at Adelaide Oval, where his side reached 7-191 at stumps on day two of the first Test against India.

Storekat

Storekat wins govt tech grant

Tayler Neale Tayler Neale
07 Dec 2018

Storekat has secured a $294,000 federal government grant, as the local tech company continues its transition to a business-to-business management tool for the logistics industry.

Supermarkets, healthcare lift ASX

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

The Australian share market has closed higher due to strong gains from supermarket and healthcare stocks, offsetting losses to the commodity-related sectors as investors moved away from volatile shares.

WA accepts $121m remote housing deal

AAP Business News
07 Dec 2018

The state government has reluctantly accepted an improved offer from the Commonwealth for remote housing funding.

Pindan

Pindan wins $45m Koodaideri contract

Business News Business News
07 Dec 2018

Pindan has been awarded a $45 million contract to build a 780-room construction camp at Rio Tinto’s $3.5 billion Koodaideri project in the Pilbara.

WA Symphony Orchestra

New leadership for WASO, WAAPA

Delia Price Delia Price
07 Dec 2018

Two major arts companies have today announced new leadership, with the WA Symphony Orchestra appointing Mark Coughlan as chief executive and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts naming David Shirley as executive dean.

Independence Group

IGO buys 15% stake in Buxton

Business News Business News
07 Dec 2018

Peter Bradford-led Independence Group has taken a $4 million stake in junior explorer Buxton Resources.

Mark my words podcast

Mark Beyer Mark Beyer
Mark Pownall Mark Pownall
07 Dec 2018

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss property development challenges, weak housing market, Fast Brick Robotics (FBR), subcontractor protections, and our special report on Business Dynasties, including the Buckeridge, Perron, and Blackburne families.

FBR

FBR hits 18-month low

Tayler Neale Tayler Neale
07 Dec 2018

Shares in robotics company FBR fell nearly 15 per cent today to their lowest point since June 2017, adding to a string of losses since it announced the termination of its strategic alliance with Caterpillar and a shift in strategy.

Westgold Resources

Westgold secures $38m

Business News Business News
07 Dec 2018

Westgold Resources has tapped investors for $23.4 million, while also announcing the sale of its lithium royalties at Mt Marion and Buldania for $15 million.

Department of Education

New DG at Department of Education

Delia Price Delia Price
07 Dec 2018

Melbourne-based executive Lisa Rodgers has been appointed director general of the Department of Education, making her the fifth woman to be appointed to a director general role in Western Australia this year.

IOOF shares down as APRA moves on execs

AAP Business News
07 Dec 2018

Shares in IOOF Holdings have lost more than a quarter of their value after the prudential regulator moved to disqualify the beleaguered wealth manager's top brass and impose new licence conditions.

Study sales history and cut your losses

Jeffrey Gitomer Jeffrey Gitomer
07 Dec 2018

Opinion: Often in sales the simple and most obvious solutions are the most effective. But if that’s true, why are those solutions so often overlooked?

ASX shrugs off Wall St slump to lift early

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

The Australian share market has lifted at the open with the healthcare and financial sectors among the best early performers as the bourse shrugs off a choppy Wall Street session and subdued oil prices.

Morning Headlines

Adrian Rauso Adrian Rauso
07 Dec 2018

Australia becomes an LNG force

Gold prices hold near five-month peak

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

Gold has risen to near a five-month peak on a weaker dollar and on expectations the pace of US interest rate hikes will slow, with the bullion also getting support from falling equities.

Oil dips 3% as OPEC delays output decision

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

Oil fell about three per cent in choppy overnight trade after OPEC and allied exporting countries ended a meeting without announcing a decision to cut crude output, and prepared to debate the matter the next day.

US-China trade worries weigh on US stocks

AAP AAP
07 Dec 2018

US stocks have closed slightly lower, but well above their session lows, as the arrest of a Chinese technology executive fanned fears of US-China tensions over trade, while some beaten-up big technology and internet shares posted gains.

Miners and banks drag ASX lower

AAP AAP
06 Dec 2018

The Australian share market closed lower, as nervousness about the US economy and the tentative trade stalemate between China and the US weighed on stocks.

First Test; India reach 9-250 at stumps

AAP AAP
06 Dec 2018

Australia have silenced Virat Kohli and every member of India's star-studded top order bar Cheteshwar Pujara, who fought back fastidiously with an impressive century on day one of the first Test at Adelaide Oval.

Kimberley Ports Authority

Setbacks for cruise ships at Broome

Tayler Neale Tayler Neale
06 Dec 2018

The state government has been forced to allocate an extra $8 million to a dredging program at Broome Port, while an independent report has ruled out the use of a below deck gangway for cruise ships at the port.

Norup + Wilson

Applecross apartment proposal knocked back by JDAP

Dan Wilkie Dan Wilkie
06 Dec 2018

Boutique developer Norup + Wilson is headed to the State Administrative Tribunal to appeal the rejection of its latest proposal, a $39 million, 16-level apartment building near Canning Bridge.

Urban Development Institute of Australia WA

Housing, red tape focus as state budget lifts

Matt Mckenzie Matt Mckenzie
06 Dec 2018

The state budget will be in surplus in 2019/20, according to Premier Mark McGowan, while a $421 million expansion of the Keystart program for first homebuyers and a move to reduce red tape will be two new policies to support the local economy.

Tribune Resources

Tribune in $30m Singapore buy

Business News Business News
06 Dec 2018

Gold miner Tribune Resources has purchased Singapore-based explorer Prometheus Developments in a deal worth $30.3 million.

Gold Road Resources

Gruyere forecasts production lift to 300,000oz

Business News Business News
06 Dec 2018

Gold Road Resources has increased the forecast annual output for its half-owned $621 million Gruyere gold project, while confirming first production remains on track for mid-2019.

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