Opinion

Barriers and doubts from your customers do not signal defeat, they are an opportunity and a challenge waiting to be overcome.

The state’s carrot sector has undergone a period of major export growth.

Successfully doing business in India involves navigating a labyrinthine world usually impenetrable to outsiders.

Perth has maintained its trend of weekly price fluctuations at the petrol bowser, according to Australian Competition & Consumer Commission data, despite most other capitals moving towards longer fuel price cycles.

Colin Barnett is in for his biggest test as premier in 2015, as mounting financial woes threaten to drain his political capital.

More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.

It might seem unimportant to know exactly why copper has been added to the list of sick commodities, but if it is more than a fright over excess supply and slack demand then we could be on the verge of a rerun of the GFC.

Sales activity in early 2015 is on the rebound since the Christmas-New Year week when total activity dipped to 182 sales.

The Egyptian president made an important speech addressing radical Islam earlier this month, but it was largely ignored in the West.

More than 60 CEOs from WA provided Business News with detailed views on the year past, the next 12 months, their vision for the state, and what they expect from political leaders.

Technology will take the art of selling to a whole new level in 2015 … are you ready?

When global retailer IKEA cheekily described its annual catalogue as a ‘bookbook’ and poked fun at new technology in a YouTube video extolling the virtues of this ‘breakthrough’ development, the message was not lost on Business News.

Simmering tensions between the Liberal and National parties within the State Government are threatening to come to a head next month. The issue? Local government reform.

In theory, and it is a theory backed by some high-powered research, shares in Australian oil and gas companies such as Woodside Petroleum and Santos have much further to fall, a fact which prompts a question: why haven’t they already fallen further?

Sales are great but cash flow is king! Business owners need to develop strategies so that mantra is turned into practical outcomes.

To understand global interest rate trends, and their impact on Australia, we need to look closely at the actions of central banks around the globe.

A new book by two US academics offers a compelling analysis of the world’s financial malaise, including in China.

WA business is rapidly resetting its cost base and growth targets to better withstand the downturn.

WA’s biggest deal of the year offers a cautious entry into a growth sector.

There’s cautious optimism things could start to head in the right direction next year after a shocker in 2014.

In a recent interview, RBA governor Glenn Stevens suggested the Australian dollar might fall to US75 cents in 2015. And he intimated that it wouldn’t be a bad thing.

He may be new to the role, but the treasurer has a vital role to play in the fortunes of the Barnett government.

Apart from a few brilliant authors and composers, not much good has ever come out of Russia; and unless there is a sharp improvement in the outlook for that country it could drag the rest of the world, including Australia, into a crisis to rival that of 2008.

Borrowing off the books may minimise the damage to official state debt but the money has to come from somewhere – taxpayers.

Managed properly, family businesses have all the ingredients to secure a competitive advantage.

Individuals and businesses need strategies to deal with information overload, which is a threat to workplace productivity.

Small iron ore miners operating in a $70/t environment are struggling, but in a different way so are the majors battling to satisfy investor expectations.

Head of content Mark Pownall, news editor Mark Beyer and journalist Dan Wilkie join host James Lush to discuss the week’s top stories, including besieged minister Dean Nalder, BHP Billiton’s new sp

Westpac expects the economy to improve in 2015, fuelled by further interest rate cuts and a lower Australian dollar.

Young political up-and-comers, and their mentors, should hasten slowly to avoid disaster.

Until a few weeks ago, Australia’s 20,000 investment advisers and their associates in stock broking firms and banks probably thought they had jobs for life; but that was before the Commonwealth Bank advisers’ scandal and the latest threat – internet-powered advice.

Tony Abbott may believe 2014 has been a year of achievement for his government, but its legislative shortcomings are all-too apparent.