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Global oil prices have fallen sharply on worries about excessive supply and profit-taking after last week's rally.

Gold rose to its highest level since early July as expectations that the Federal Reserve will postpone an expected US interest rate hike beyond the end of the year.

The Australian dollar has hit an eight week high against a weaker US dollar on diminishing hopes of a US interest rate rise before the end of the year.

US stocks have finished higher, keeping alive the positive momentum from last week's rally despite weakness in petroleum-linked shares.

Is it Rottnest's relaxed ambiance, or are people just more relaxed overall about ignoring rules they regard as draconian?

A diverse group of local not-for-profit disability enterprises has set a target to win $50 million worth of contracts by 2018 and create an additional 500 jobs for people with a disability.

Slowing trade with China and Japan has contributed to a10 per cent fall in Western Australian merchandise exports for August, compared with the same period last year.

A celebration of WA's historical connection with trading ships dating back more than 500 years will be on display this spring and summer.

Mining giant Glencore will attempt to sell copper mines in Australia and Chile as it tries to tackle its massive debt.

Former Sirius Resources boss Mark Bennett and director Neil Warburton have joined the board of Independence Group, which acquired Sirius in a $1.8 billion takeover last month.

The Australian share market has closed nearly 1 per cent lower as investors took profits after big gains last week.

Nickel producers are waiting for one of their cohort to ‘blink' first, as overproduction and sluggish demand threaten the sector's viability.

Troubled energy giant Santos is axing another 200 jobs in a $100 million cost-cutting drive designed to slash debt as it battles sliding oil prices.

General Mining Corporation has confirmed the viability of earning a 50 per cent stake in Galaxy Resources' Mt Cattlin tantalum project, after an independent review found it would cost $14.7 million to bring the project back into operation.

Sales at the Swan Brewery Industrial Estate have surpassed $70 million, with 55 lots at the Linc Property-developed estate sold since August last year.

Shares in Antipa Minerals have soared on news it has attracted backing from mining giant Rio Tinto, which plans to invest up to $60 million in the local explorer's Citadel gold-copper project.

Jose Martins has resigned from his position as chief financial officer at Ausdrill to take on the same role at Macmahon Holdings.

Local engineering services company Clough is boosting its North American presence with the acquisition of Canada-based Enercore Projects for $C10 million ($A10.5 million).

SPECIAL REPORT: The domgas market is going through a period of structural change, but history has lessons for those businesses that know where to look.

The competition watchdog has dealt a blow to the taxi industry's attempt to take on ride sharing service Uber with a new smartphone booking app, saying it could threaten smaller competitors Ingogo and Gocatch.

SPECIAL REPORT: As the energy construction boom winds down, policy makers must get the settings right to prepare for future investment, while energy players mull the best way to allocate scarce capital.

Australian shares have got off to a weak start as investors count profits after recording the market's best week in nearly four years.

PM explores radical road, rail funding

Oil has edged up in New York and slipped in London as traders book profits from the week's rally fuelled by hopes for oversupply relief from lower US crude production.

The Australian dollar hit a seven week high on expectations the US Federal Reserve will delay raising its interest rate.

Gold rose to a seven-week high after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting showed the US central bank was in no hurry to raise interest rates.

Like a lot of WA's mineral and land resources, the easy developments of LNG may be behind us; but that doesn't mean we should simply live off the past.

The new owner of Perth's professional women's basketball team has set the agenda for gender equality in professional sports.

Angie Paskevicius, the chief executive of non-for-profit drug and alcohol support service Holyoake, has been named the 2015 Telstra Western Australia business woman of the year.

Malindo Air has announced plans to launch daily flights to Kuala Lumpur, beginning in mid-November.

Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has selected its Perth office to trial an ‘insourcing' centre that will recruit up to 30 graduates to work in tandem with a similar centre in Dublin.