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JB Hi-Fi will launch a $15.2 million share buyback after lifting its full-year profit 6.35 per cent following a big increase in second-half sales.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is aiming to keep its investor home loan rates steady in a bid to attract borrowers, despite increases by the big lenders and pressure on its interest margin.

Mining giant BHP Billiton is cutting 380 jobs, mostly from its Olympic Dam mine, after a review of its South Australian operations.

Three of Gina Rinehart's companies have collectively been fined $130,000 for lodging their financial reports too late, as the requirement for large proprietary companies to release annual financial statements has come under question.

As cost pressures weigh on resources players, a Perth team has developed a way to marry contract tendering with social media.

New gold mining projects under way or in advanced planning will collectively deliver more than 1 million ounces to production each year when operational.

The past year has marked a period of major change at many of WA’s gold producers in terms of personnel and pay.

Refining is a vital step in the gold supply chain, but it’s a practice facing increasing competition from within the sector and from technological change.

Gold is a rare bright light in the mining industry, with major changes during the past two years to be followed by the opening of multiple new mines and more M&A deals. Click through to find the special report, which ranks WA producers, and looks at Gold Corp, executive pay, and new gold projects.

The Australian share market has opened flat.

Construction industry groups say a code of conduct is urgently required to avoid a repeat of the widespread cost blowouts and disruptive industrial action that has plagued major projects in recent years.

It is good to see local gold miners appear cautiously optimistic about their futures.

The Australian dollar has hit a three-week high after Friday's US non-farm payrolls employment report was a little weaker than expected.

The extraordinary stock market events in China of recent weeks have stunned domestic investors, as the Beijing government opted for extreme measures to prevent a complete meltdown after the Shangha

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The biggest one-day fall in more than three years has wiped almost $4.4 billion from the share market's value.

The state government has continued its investigation into moving one of its departments to Fremantle, but has not committed to the shift.

Rideshare giant Uber has announced it will increase fares 10 per cent while it battles the Australian Taxation Office’s recent GST ruling in the Federal Court.

ANZ has suffered its heaviest share price fall in almost seven years following its announcement of a $3 billion capital raising.

Surveying group MNG has acquired Giudice Surveys, with the tie-up the next step in MNG’s growth strategy following a comprehensive rebrand earlier this year.

Apartments developer Finbar Group will soon launch marketing for two new projects that have won planning approval – a 242-dwellling project in West Perth and the first stage of its $390 million Por

Land sales activity in the fast-growing suburb of Baldivis is a lot more than just single residential lots.

Developers and industry lobbyists say there needs to be a clearer direction from government to ensure density is delivered in Perth.

Orica's shares have taken a pummelling and could be set for more punishment after the explosives maker shocked investors by announcing a profit downgrade and an asset write-down of as much as $1.65 billion.

Home loans to property investors have fallen for a second straight month in a sign the brakes may soon be applied to soaring house prices.

International travel figures released at the same time as the Reserve Bank's quarterly monetary policy report on Friday support its suspicion that the economy's potential growth has been cut by slower population growth.

The government today announced EduWest, a consortium of Macquarie Capital, Badge Constructions, Perkins Builders and Spotless Facility Services, as its preferred tenderer for its eight-school public private partnership (PPP).

The Australian share market is almost 1.4 per cent lower, dragged down by the banking sector's reaction to ANZ's capital raising and falls on Wall Street.

Oil prices have fallen again in a glum market as the global oversupply of crude oil looked entrenched and demand prospects weak.

After failing to implement its council amalgamation plan, the government is targeting funding arrangements.

A major sell-off in media equities following disappointing earnings reports from Viacom and 21st Century Fox have pushed US stocks lower, with the biggest hit taken by the Nasdaq.

Gold has edged higher, supported by the retreating US dollar and a tumble in global equities as traders await US employment data seen as key to determining when the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates.