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Former Western Australian chief justice David Kingsley Malcolm achieved a lot during his 18 years in the role, and will be remembered as a kind and patient man by those who knew him.
Two major national contractors are embroiled in takeovers, with Tenix Holdings on the receiving end of a $300 million bid by Downer EDI, and Transfield Services revealling it has received a $1 billion takeover bid from a Spanish building giant.
Oil and gas producer Santos has lifted production nine per cent to its highest level in seven years, thanks to the ramp-up of the massive PNG LNG project.
Biotech firm Virax Holdings' shares have jumped 40 per cent after announcing it's set to take over US government funded clinical trials of a drug to treat terminal cancers.
Wall Street has finished little changed after another rocky trading session, as the market weighed better US economic data against its fears over sluggish global growth.
Prices for gold and other precious metals have fallen, as a sell-off in equity markets pushes nervous investors into the US dollar amid global growth concerns.
Supermarket giant Coles set aside one day a year called ‘‘profit day’’ to extract improper payments from its suppliers, the competition regulator alleges.
Fortescue Metals Group's chief executive says the cost of iron ore will stay low until high-cost producers leave the market, and that was happening more slowly than expected.