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The Australian share market has closed slightly lower as investors put aside a positive lead from record-setting US markets to digest local company earnings results.

3D printing firm Aurora Labs has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, after raising $2.8 million in its initial public offering.

If utilities such as Water Corporation can't fulfill their primary responsibility to the public, maybe an alternative ownership model would be a better option.

Resources businesses are developing innovative workplace relations strategies in response to a lack of reform from government, as costs come under continued scrutiny due to low commodity prices.

Perth charity Telethon Adventurers has plans to expand nationally at the end of this year, following the success of recent fundraising and research programs.

After a year of acquisitions and big contract wins, diversified business OTOC has returned to the black and will pay its first-ever dividend.

Perth IT firm ASG Group has boasted a strong financial year on the back of growth in large-scale contracts and a tightening of its operations.

The influence of Adrian Fini's hospitality dream team was celebrated last night, with the two latest ventures by the group that founded Little Creatures Brewing among the highlights at the Australian Hotels Association's 2016 accommodation awards.

West Perth-based advisory firm Otsana Capital has established an office in Israel to work closer with startups in the region seeking a presence on the ASX.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev took home $12.3 million in total pay in the last financial year, up more than 50 per cent due to performance-related share bonuses.

Engineering group RCR Tomlinson has won a $120 million contract to build processing infrastructure at Rio Tinto's Silvergrass iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

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The Australian share market has opened higher.

The Australian dollar has risen slightly ahead of the release of official minutes from the Reserve Bank board's August interest rates meeting.

Gold has risen as the US dollar has edged lower as expectations dwindled that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rate this year.

Oil prices have hit five-week highs, gaining 10 per cent or more in a three-day rally as speculation intensified over potential producer action to support prices amid a crude glut.

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Australian wellness products establishing themselves in China need to beware of any signs of the hubris that infected our iron ore producers.

Educators have opened classroom doors to new learning possibilities via a program that connects industry with students in a competition to create their own technology startup.

A rally among the big four banks has lifted the Australian share market slightly higher as company reporting season rolled into its second week.

Architect Sam Klopper has shrugged off community consternation over an apartment project on Kennedy Street in Maylands, instead pitching the development as a model for future urban infill.

The internet of things has provided a West Perth print business with a new lease of life.

Regis Resources chairman Mark Clark has sold half of his stake in the Perth-based gold miner, pocketing just under $10.5 million.

Litigation funder IMF Bentham has announced it will fund a shareholder class action against former directors of collapsed miner Kagara, which went into administration in 2012.

Shares in JB Hi-Fi have soared after the retailer beat its full-year profit guidance following the collapse of rival Dick Smith.

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Subiaco-based Perseus Mining has awarded engineering company Lycopodium a $38.4 million contract to carry out work at its Sissingue gold project in Cote D'Ivoire, Africa.

Western Australia is unlikely to pocket a larger share of the GST pie before its voters go to the polls early in 2017 after Treasurer Scott Morrison warned any change in the distribution formula would be made gradually and was "down the track".

Newcrest Mining will pay a dividend for the first time in three and a half years despite a 12 per cent drop in full-year profit.

A new uranium mine in the eastern Goldfields region has been recommended for approval, with a number of strict conditions imposed by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Perth-based agribusiness Wellard has warned the market of yet another profit downgrade, its third since February, with the Perth-based agribusiness now expecting a $15 million net profit at best.

Energy giant Santos will take an impairment charge of $US1.5 billion ($A2 billion) against the carrying value of its Gladstone liquefied natural gas project in Queensland.