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Business partners Charlotte Haygarth and Jayde Taylor are hoping to ride the anti-sugar wave and change the way people perceive healthy, sweet treats.

The Australian economy expanded at a slower-than-expected rate in the three months to September, however WA’s domestic economy appears to be on the mend, growing 0.9 per cent for the quarter.

Technology companies Syntonic and Family Zone are planning to grow their respective international customer bases after announcing separate $5 million share placements today.

Shares in newly listed Parkd finished up 25 per cent today after the Perth-based company raised $6 million through a strongly supported initial public offering.

The Australian share market has slipped in early trade, as overnight declines on Wall Street and a pullback in commodity prices weigh on investor sentiment.

Fat cat cull

The share market has lost ground as falls in the heavyweight financial, mining and health care sectors outweighed a good session for retailers.

England is 2/55 in the early stages of its chase of 354 after Australia was dismissed for 138 in the second Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval.

Maitri Patel is hoping her Bollywood-inspired fitness regime will match the success of Zumba.

Perth-based security services provider Threat Protect has expanded its customer base on the east coast with the $2.4 million purchase of two NSW security monitoring businesses.

Western Australia's automotive industry has registered a second straight month of strong growth in new vehicle sales relative to 2016, with solid increases in purchases of light and heavy commercial vehicles in November.

Finders Resources has urged its shareholders to reject a takeover bid from Indonesian group Eastern Field Developments after independent expert Deloitte valued the copper miner well above the 23 cents offer price, despite Finders’ share price continuing to hover near that mark.

The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent, with the central bank remaining concerned about sluggish spending and wages growth despite an improving jobs market.

Decmil Group is well placed to secure a $275 million engineering contract for Chinese group Maoneng's 250-megawatt Sunraysia solar project in NSW, after signing a memorandum of understanding to complete early designs for the project.

Former high-flying Western Australian businessman Mark Povey and his wife, Catherine Paino-Povey, have been fined more than $500,000 for short-changing three overseas workers thousands of dollars in wages through the couple’s contract cleaning company.

AWE shares have tumbled after the Chinese state-owned energy corporation interested in buying the Australian oil and gas group withdrew its $430 million proposal, after it was unable to conduct a final due diligence review on the target.

The Australian share market has fallen in early trade as the big banks remain in the doghouse with investors.

ATO eyes legal fight against BHP, Rio hubs

A new accelerator program for startups in the agribusiness sector will get under way next year after securing funding from the state government’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

A Perth-based construction technology company plans to disrupt the industry with a building system it claims will deliver faster, cheaper, greener and higher-quality projects.

Fortescue Metals Group will appeal the Federal Court ruling granting exclusive rights to the Yindjibarndi people over Pilbara land where the company operates its Solomon hub, three weeks after the state government welcomed the decision.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has appointed former Anglo-American Plc executive Simon Thompson as its new chairman to succeed incumbent Jan du Plessis.

The Australian share market has closed steady, as regulatory risk weighed on the country's major banks and surging iron ore futures rallied the miners.

Crown Resorts will "vigorously defend" Federal Court proceedings after the casinos operator was hit with a class action alleging it did not give shareholders enough information about risks it was taking in China.

Grocery wholesaler Metcash has lifted first-half profit by 24 per cent to $92.9 million, despite a drop in sales across its supermarkets business, with WA sales hit by increased competition and soft economic conditions.

Perth-based Pacific Energy has acquired the 10-megawatt Nova gas-fired power generation plant in Victoria for $7.5 million.

Elizabeth Gaines’ selection last week as the incoming chief executive of Fortescue Metals Group has shot her to the top of a very short list of genuinely powerful women in business in Western Australia. Click through to read more and see our listing of 12 leading WA women in business.

The Australian share market is slightly higher in early trade, with investors uncertain of the direction after a volatile Friday session on Wall Street.

The Australian share market has closed higher, led by the healthcare and energy sectors, while the under-pressure banks faded after an early rally as the looming royal commission weighs on the financial sector.

The fate of once-thriving Perth business Habitat 1 provides salutary lessons for investors and company directors, especially those who have signed non-compete agreements.

Two years into his job as Sadleirs Logistics chief executive, Ian Kent is preparing the family owned business for increased national growth after overseeing major changes to its local operations.

The opposition parties in Perth and Canberra are kicking the can down the road on debt, despite the parlous state of their respective budgetary positions.