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Perth-based share registry business Automic Registry Services wants to double its market share this year after making a substantial investment in a new cloud-based platform.

OPINION: The rest of the nation has ignored the lessons learned in WA's energy market.

Agribusiness consultancy Kalyx Australia will pursue growth opportunities in horticulture research following its recent merger with Peracto WA, the local franchise of the Tasmania-based Peracto research brand.

Engineering and infrastructure firm RCR Tomlinson has won its second contract within a month to design and build a solar energy farm.

Perth-based Navigator Resources has announced plans to exit the resources industry by acquiring an Australian pharmaceutical business and relisting on the ASX through the backdoor.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio's with the experienced media executive, Ray Wardrop, managing director of Channel Nine Perth.

IT company Cirrus Networks has entered into an agreement to acquire Melbourne-based NGage Technology Group in a cash-and-scrip deal worth $2.5 million.

Labor's chances of securing a working majority in Western Australia's Legislative Council have foundered after Liberal MP Simon O'Brien ruled out taking on the role of president .

Perth-based miner South32 is launching a $US500 million ($A655 million) on-market share buyback as the BHP Billiton spin-off continues to benefit from the recovery in commodity prices.

Australian shares have fallen on profit-taking amid light trade, mixed international markets and little economic data.

Voters lean to company tax cutsThe Turnbull government is trailing Labor badly in the eyes of voters but has a higher-than-anticipated level of support for one of its m

The Australian dollar is flat against its US counterpart which has fallen slightly against a basket of currencies.

Oil has lifted slightly in thin trade, but were on track for weekly losses of about 2 per cent as concerns persisted over an excess of crude.

Gold has risen, notching its second straight week of gains as concern about the ability of US President Donald Trump to push legislation through Congress pressured the US dollar, making bullion cheaper for holders of other currencies.

Exploration spending among ASX-listed resources juniors increased about 13 per cent in the December quarter, the third consecutive uptick, according to recent research by professional services firm BDO.

The appointment of Dawn Freshwater as vice-chancellor at the University of Western Australia brings an unusual combination of internal candidate and agent of change.

OPINION: The former WA under treasurer urges Mark McGowan to tackle state spending and secure federal funding for key infrastructure projects.

WA has the largest gender pay gap in the country, and Perth's top business leaders are determined to do something to change that.

In this Business News podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss TFS- Quintis, Kerry Stokes and mining investment, Western Force's prospectus and who are the state's Most Influential people?

The Australian share market has staged an end-of-week recovery as investors rekindle their belief that US President Donald Trump will be able to address the issue of tax cuts regardless of the outcome of his efforts to repeal Obamacare.

Sheffield Resources has moved to the next stage of progressing its Thunderbird mineral sands project near Derby, after releasing a bankable feasibility study which revealed a development capex of $348 million.

West Perth-based hedge fund NWQ Capital Management has revealed it will be targeting the huge US financial sector with a new offshore fund, on the same day it announced former Bennelong Funds director of consultant relationships Tara Bell would be appointed managing director of research.

Uranium miner Paladin Energy says it has started arbitration proceedings against its Chinese joint venture partner over complications with its plans to sell a stake in its Langer Heinrich mine.

ANZ Banking Group and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have raised mortgage rates, with all four of Australia's big banks now having moved out-of-cycle since the US Federal Reserve hiked its cash rate last week.

Todd Corporation-controlled BBI Group has signed an agreement with a Chinese firm for construction of the $6 billion Balla Balla iron ore project in the Pilbara.

Shares in infrastructure and mining services company Downer have fallen more than 20 per cent after institutional investors showed limited enthusiasm for a capital raising to help fund its $1.26 billion takeover of cleaning and catering firm Spotless Group.

New state Treasurer Ben Wyatt has labelled the latest recommended GST distribution "abysmal" and a threat to the state's finances after the Commonwealth Grants Commission recommended Western Australia receive 34.4 per cent of its per capita share.

IT services provider Empired has tapped investors for $16 million to pay off debt and meet $7.7 million in outstanding vendor payments.

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Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group is taking further advantage of stronger iron ore prices by paying off another large chunk of its debt.

A Singaporean investment group has taken a long-term view on Perth's hotels sector, shrugging off plunging room rates and a massive wave of new developments to purchase the Crowne Plaza Perth for $50 million.

Australian shares are sharply higher, bucking the lead from Wall Street which closed mostly flat due to concerns over a delay to President Trump's first major reform bill's passage through Congress