A second Supreme Court judgement in as many months has shed further light on the multi-billion dollar AVWest Aircraft business run by Perth rich lister Tim Roberts, who is in dispute with law firm Clayton Utz and Canadian manufacturer Bombardier.
Western Australia has recorded its first year-on-year economic growth in more than four years, while the national economy expanded 1 per cent in the March quarter, official figures show.
Metcash will take a $352 million hit in its full-year results due to weakness in the Western Australian economy and the decision of one of its South Australian supermarket customers not to renew its contract.
Brent crude have reversed losses, after hitting its lowest price in nearly a month following a report the US government asked Saudi Arabia and other major exporters to increase oil output.
Gold prices have risen as the US dollar has retreated slightly from close to a six-month high even as strong US economic data sealed the case for the US Federal Reserve to increase interest rates.
Global Construction Services has moved to full ownership of its fast-growing east coast subsidiary, Gallery Facades, through a scrip deal worth up to $11.3 million.
New vehicle sales in Western Australia have risen for a fifth straight month, according to the latest data from the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, with growth driven by SUVs and light commercial vehicles.
Australis Oil & Gas has secured a $US75 million ($98 million) credit facility with Macquarie Bank to fund drilling within the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in the US.
The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent for a 22nd consecutive month, as it waits for job growth and an improving economy to deliver a boost to wages and inflation.
Former Pilbara-focused property developer Veronica Macpherson has been permanently banned from providing financial services following an investigation by the corporate watchdog.
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The Australian share market has opened lower, led by falls across the energy and materials sectors and bucking the trend of market gains internationally.
The Australian dollar has continued to climb against its US counterpart after positive retail sales figures boost the local currency and as the US dollar index falls.
Oil prices have fallen about two per cent, with US crude touching its lowest level in nearly two months, breaking below technical support levels as investors keep selling amid growing US production, possible global supply growth and nagging trade tensions.
US stocks rose on Monday led by gains in technology shares and Friday's robust jobs data, which gave investors heightened confidence that the US economy remained strong.
Western Australia's largest health insurer HBF and east coast counterpart HCF have ended discussions regarding a planned merger but neither has clearly explained the reasons.
The state government has signed off on a $16.8 million Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility loan for the stage two expansion of Onslow Marine Support Base, located at Beadon Creek and operated by Kuwait-based Agility Logistics.
The state government has backed plans for a 700-bed workers camp at Karratha, despite opposition from the local community, after Woodside Petroleum launched a website that is meant to boost local employment on future gas projects.
The corporate watchdog has banned a former Perth-based AMP financial adviser from providing services for the next five years after he was found to have given clients poor advice.
