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The performance of five of WA's major resources players provides a useful guide to the overall direction of the state economy.

Care providers Care Options, Volunteer Task Force and Community First have announced their intention to amalgamate – the fifth merger of Western Australia-based NFP groups in the past three months.

The United States Associated Press has called the presidential election for Republican candidate Donald Trump, after he won swing states Ohio and Florida and pulled bricks out of Hillary Clinton's rust belt blue wall, pushing WA gold stocks well up and causing volatility across financial markets.

Fortescue Metals Group chair Andrew Forrest has taken a shot at his iron ore mining competitors for mining “the easy stuff” and not working to bring subeconomic ores up to a mineable level, speaking at the company's annual general meeting today.

Australian shares have plunged to a four-month low and lost $35 billion in value amid a global shock from US election results that have left Donald Trump poised to become the next president of the United States.

Construction has started on the University of Western Australia's Forrest Hall, a $16 million accommodation facility designed to attract the world's best researchers to the state.

A community-first focus is paying dividends for shopping centre owner GPA, with its Empire Village Shopping Centre becoming a new focal point in City Beach.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia shareholders have delivered a significant protest vote against the lender's executive pay and forced it to abandon revised conditions for chief executive Ian Narev's long-term bonsues.

Perth-based Cash Converters International has agreed to refund $10.8 million to customers and pay a $1.3 million fine after enforceable undertakings were accepted by the corporate watchdog.

Learning to effectively deal with pressure and stress will have benefits at work and at home.

Western Australian Director of Public Prosecutions Joseph McGrath has been appointed a judge of the WA Supreme Court.

Perth's growing traffic congestion woes have prompted the development of two new apps, both designed to make old methods of commuting easier and get drivers out of their cars.

Perth-based Decmil Group has won a $22.1 million contract for road work in Victoria through a subsidiary it acquired earlier this year.

Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes says Australia's high broadcast licence fees and lack of incentives for local content are making production in overseas markets more attractive.

Global miner Rio Tinto has suspended one top executive with immediate effect while another is stepping down over payments made in 2011 related to the Simandou iron ore project in West Africa.

The Australian share market has risen strongly in early trade, taking cues from Wall Street, as investors bet on the likelihood of a Hillary Clinton win the US presidential elections.

US stocks rose for a second straight session as investors bet Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election.

Oil prices have been mixed with WTI flat and Brent falling as voters headed to the polls to elect the next president of the United States.

Gold prices have turned lower as the US dollar and global equity markets firmed with investors growing more convinced that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton could win the US presidential election.

The Australian dollar has rallied on market expectations that Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton could be elected the next US president.

Clinton on edge of victoryDemocrat Hillary Clinton appeared to be on the verge of narrowly holding out Republican rival Donald Trump for a historic presidential election w

A couple of Perth micro businesses offer up some entertainment options for summer.

By its very nature, family business has a hybrid identity. And while sometimes this doesn't work out well, most of the time it does, with 70 per cent of businesses in Australia identifying as part of the grouping.

One of Australia's best known winemaking families, the Oatley Wine Group, will open a cellar door in the Margaret River region, part of what's believed to be the largest value sale ever for a winery in Western Australia.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares dipped after the nation's largest lender said a lower net interest margin contributed to its flat first quarter earnings.

Bibra Lake company Airstream has started rolling out a series of wireless control systems for home lighting, reticulation and security as it seeks to stay ahead of competitors in the home automation market.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher but investors are treading cautiously for fear of a Brexit-like surprise from the US presidential election.

Applecross-based PDC Group has entered into an agreement for the sale of its building information modelling management business to a US construction services firm for an undisclosed sum.

Resolute Mining's long-serving chairman Peter Huston has announced plans to retire as the gold miner seeks to refresh its board.

With as many as 160,000 apartments to be completed in Australia's major cities by the end of next year, some forecasters are becoming concerned about ‘settlement risk'.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio's with one of WA's most successful homebuilders, Dale Alcock, who says a bipartisan political commitment is needed to drive investment and growth in the state.

The company in charge of rolling out the national broadband network says it is well on track towards its long-term goals after adding about 338,000 new homes and businesses to the system in the September quarter.