Engineering contractor Monadelphous Group will become the eighth Western Australian company included in Standard & Poor's ASX 100 index when trade resumes on Monday.
Resources giant Rio Tinto says it's comfortable with its dependence on China but warns that investors have become more apprehensive about investing in Australia.
The Australian share market ended the week on a high note after Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said plans to put a European financial rescue plan to a referendum may be abandoned.
The federal government is doggedly sticking to its plan to bring the budget back to surplus in 2012/13, despite new Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) forecasts suggesting revenues will be somewhat lo
Australia must not get involved in the eurozone bailout unless Europe does all it can to get its own house in order, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.
US stocks shrugged off more eurozone turmoil to rack up solid gains on Thursday, helped by earnings reports, slightly improved jobs numbers and the European Central Bank's interest rate cut.
The world's biggest economies will agree to increase the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) resources to help tackle the European debt crisis, officials at the Group of 20 summit said Thursday.
The University of Western Australia has appointed Department of Finance director general Anne Nolan, Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman and Alverstoke Group founder John Willinge to its Busines
The major banks are focused on improving productivity and cutting costs, as revenues stagnate due to slow credit growth and financial market uncertainty, analysts say.
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan has made plain to the National Australia Bank boss Cameron Clyde his displeasure at the bank's failure to pass on an official interest rate cut in full.
Westpac boss Gail Kelly believes the Reserve Bank will need to cut interest rates again in coming months as turmoil and uncertainty in Europe continues to undermine local confidence.
Car maker Holden says it has not made a final decision about the future of the Commodore, despite union claims that the next model could be the last created in Australia.
Rents are spiking for apartments in East Perth because of strong economic growth, low unemployment, corporate relocations and supply shortages, new research from Knight Frank says.
Woolworths' new chief executive Grant O'Brien is planning an aggressive push to open 39 new supermarkets while reviewing the company's troubled Big W and Dick Smith stores.
The state government has put out the call for a $200 million contract to design and construct the inlet and surrounding public space for the Perth Waterfront redevelopment.
The state's peak retail body says Western Australian retailers are expecting bumper Christmas sales results following the Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates yesterday.
