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The share market has edged higher as gains in the financial sector helped to offset weakness among gold miners.

Atlas Iron managing director David Flanagan has described the results of the iron ore miner’s capital raising as an immense vote of confidence in the business, despite achieving just less than half of its $180 million target.

Company director and accountant Graham Anderson, who held positions with about 10 listed companies, has passed away after suffering a heart attack yesterday.

Australia's biggest banks will need to hold billions of dollars in extra capital against their home loans, following a move by the banking regulator to strengthen the country's financial system.

Mining services company Austin Engineering has launched a $31.6 million entitlement offer through broking firms Argonaut and Bell Potter, with the proceeds to be used to reduce debt.

Treasurer Mike Nahan refuses to talk about changing the GST unless it means increasing his state's share of the revenue carve-up.

Taxi and Uber drivers are set to compete on a level playing field after Transport Minister Dean Nalder revealed the state government’s green paper into the industry.

The corporate watchdog has permanently banned local brokers Eric-John Pryor and Peter McDonald from providing credit and financial services after being found to have engaged in misconduct when brokering car financing for a business in Victoria Park.

Retail, not mining, has borne the brunt of the slowdown in Western Australia during the past 12 months, with a study of the state’s economy by the investment bank Goldman Sachs revealing a startling decline in retail jobs of more than 20 per cent.

Energy utility owner Duet Group is set to become a bigger player in the WA market, after announcing an agreed $1.4 billion takeover of remote power producer Energy Developments.

Local company Prairie Mining has raised $15 million from UK-based CD Capital for the development of its Lublin coal project, with the potential for the private equity fund to invest a further $68 million.

Perth land prices are defying the conventional supply-demand equation, hitting a record high in the March quarter despite a significant fall in sales in 2015, according to the Housing Industry Asso

A Perth-based startup is setting about saving the environment, one office building at a time.

Suburban office developers are facing an uncertain outlook similar to their CBD counterparts.

Developers’ precinct plans have been the driving force behind a revitalised Perth.

With a record run of construction coming to a close, commercial developers are facing an uncertain few years in Perth’s CBD. Click through to find the special report, which also looks at Perth's biggest landlords, place making, suburban office markets and a green technology company.

Perth-based GR Engineering Services has won a $22 million contract for enhancements to Western Areas’ Cosmic Boy processing facility at its Forrestania nickel mine.

A Perth-based clean energy company has been awarded another major contract with a deal to build a major solar power station that will power part of the world’s largest telescope.

The Australian share market has opened flat.

The Australian dollar is lower against the greenback which has lifted after Greece revamped its government in an attempt to enforce conditions attached to a third debt bailout.

Gold has fallen to a five-year low, pressured by a strong US dollar and expectations for a US interest rate rise this year, and as China buys less than expected over the past six years.

Will the age-old arm wrestle between renting and ownership result in too much pain as momentum changes?

The private equity group seeking control of Mungana Goldmines has lifted its takeover bid to 17 cents per share, above recent trading levels but below the valuations of the company’s independent expert.

RNI shareholders lodged a big protest today, with many voting against resolutions at a general meeting, which was held three days after the debt-laden gold company extended the timing of its $25 million entitlements offer for a second time.

The Australian share market ended Friday and the week flat after a recovery on the back of the Greek bailout agreement ran out of puff.

Indonesia’s decision to slash the import quota for Australian beef cattle to 50,000 for the third quarter has little to do with the tense relationship between the two countries.

The development of the Ord River region in the state’s far north will be significantly affected by the tender process for 5,000 hectares of land released by the state government last week.

HHG Legal Group has expanded its regional network, acquiring a practice in Mandurah to add to its offices in Albany and Mt Barker, and its main operation in West Perth.

Buru Energy has started commercial oil production at its onshore Ungani oilfield, and begun exploration drilling at a second site.

The first step towards a $750 million redevelopment at AMP Capital’s Garden City Booragoon shopping centre has been made, with the institutional giant’s joint venture partner, TRG Properties, apply

Finalists in the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year awards show how technology and innovation can enable rapid growth, even in mature industries.

Andrew Forrest’s private vehicle, Minderoo Group, has announced plans to invest up to $7.3 million in local miner Impact Minerals.