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Perth-based director Andrew Chapman is at the centre of an escalating battle between the board and the management team at US-focused tech company 1-Page over control of the business and its $30 million of cash.

Shares in Myer rose nearly 20 per cent during late trading on the Australian share market today on speculation that someone may be considering a takeover play for the department store operator.

Quintis temporarily put the brakes on its falling share price by entering into a trading halt this morning, as it compiled a lengthy response to queries raised by the ASX.

The Australian share market has closed lower after losses from the major miners offset a recovery in energy, banks and utility companies.

Perth-based Spitfire Materials is seeking to grow its gold exploration portfolio through the acquisition of a private company led by Pilbara Minerals directors Neil Biddle and John Young, in a scrip deal worth $4.7 million.

SPECIAL REPORT: A small group of ministers and backroom advisers close to Mark McGowan will set the agenda for the new state government.

Building upgrades in the Perth CBD are bringing the city's workplaces in line with the best offices available worldwide.

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.