Shares in Orbital Corporation jumped 16 per cent today, after the local tech company announced a contract extension with multinational The Boeing Company and provided revenue guidance of $24 million for the 2019 financial year.
Atlas Iron has announced a raft of board changes, including the appointment of former state government tourism boss Stephen Wood and National Australia Bank executive Spiro Pappas.
The Housing Industry Association has appointed former Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA director of advocacy Cath Hart as its Western Australian regional director.
Coles' supermarket sales have jumped during the first quarter, with parent company Wesfarmers citing a successful 'Little Shop' campaign, and investment in flybuys promotions, as preparations continue for a vote on the chain's proposed demerger.
An already-bruised Australian share market is ignoring a lead from Wall Street and a commodity price rebound to dive lower at the open, with the banks and miners weighing heavily amid broad-based losses.
Crude futures have steadied late in the session, following the stock market slightly higher, after earlier swinging lower on a weakening oil demand outlook.
Gold prices have eased after their biggest daily gain in more than two years, coming under pressure as the US dollar climbed and global stocks rebounded from a six-day rout.
NRW Holdings has announced a series of contracts worth about $92 million, including an extension at Talison Lithium's Greenbushes mine and work at BHP Billiton's South Flank project.
The board of Explaurum has rejected a $59.2 million hostile takeover bid from gold miner Ramelius Resources, saying the offer is opportunistic and undervalues the target.
BGC Australia has appointed three high profile independent non-executive directors to help advise the family-owned business empire as it enters a global sale process.
BGC Contracting and Laing O'Rourke have terminated their contract with Omega Construction on the Northlink road project after the sub-contractor disclosed it had major financial problems.
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ASX-listed Huon Aquaculture has been granted a license to operate an aquaculture farm off Geraldton, while Fremantle-based Ocean Grown Abalone has awarded a $2.7 million contract to build a processing facility in Augusta.
Former foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop says it's too early to speculate if she'd run for the Liberal leadership after the next election, but she believes the party needs to do more to recruit women and keep a broad base of talent, speaking at today's Success & Leadership breakfast.
In the latest property deals wrap, three sites are on the market, including Aldi in Wattle Grove, 675 Murray Street and a 20-hectare slice of land in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, while an industrial site in Welshpool recently sold for $2.8 million.
Opinion: Investment bank Credit Suisse says there could be a new micro-LNG train getting ready to roll in WA, and smaller players such as Beach Energy could be in the driver's seat.
Wall Street indexes continued their slide in a volatile session as investors worried about rising interest rates and braced for a trade war hit to corporate earnings.
Oil prices have slumped to more than two-week lows as global stock markets fall, with investor sentiment made more bearish by a bigger-than-expected build in US crude inventories.
Gold prices have jumped over two per cent to more than a two-month high as tumbling global stock markets sent investors rushed to the safe-haven asset.
