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Nedlands-based sandalwood producer TFS Corporation has posted a massive 1,598 per cent surge in half-year profit to $55 million.

Nine Entertainment shares have jumped by nearly 10 per cent after the media group said it had tripled first-half profit and announced a $150 million share buyback.

US-based company First Solar is a step closer to building a 10-megawatt power station in Fremantle, beating seven other hopefuls to meet the council’s hopes for a large-scale solar farm at a former rubbish dump.

Two of Western Australia's most successful gold miners are competing to gain control of Tanami Gold’s Central Tanami project, indicating the growing investor interest in the gold mining sector.

Mining services firm Ausdrill will cut more jobs as tumbling commodity prices drove a $177 million half-year loss.

The share market is weaker a day after hitting a fresh seven-year high, with the banks and miners in the red.

Wall Street stocks have finished little changed following mixed corporate earnings and a second day of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen.

There was a further easing in reported sales last week as more stock flowed into the market, with all components contributing to the softening.

The Australian dollar has pushed above 79 US cents for the first time in a month on the back of some strong Chinese data and easing rate hike expectations in the US.

The Salvation Army’s Western Australian division has recreated a strategic advisory board, about 20 years after the previous one was dismantled, with the new board including several well-known Perth business figures.

A fall in pearl sizes has dragged down revenue for Atlas Pearls and Perfumes, with the company confirming a loss for the first half of the year flagged in a restructure last week.

Capital spending on major mining, energy and infrastructure projects in Australia is set to drop more than 60 per cent over the next three years, according to analysis by ANZ Banking Group.

Tony Abbott and his team appear to have no ability to deal with the mire they have sunk into.

The share market has edged to yet another seven-year high despite major stocks falling as they traded without dividends.

Perth-based contractor Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has reported a 34 per cent slide in profit to $4.1 million for the six months to December, with the company facing challenging and competitive conditions in the sector.

Fly-in, fly-out workers are increasingly afraid to report mental health issues because they don't want to be made redundant by struggling mining companies, a Western Australian parliamentary inquiry has heard.

Cedar Woods Properties says a strong second half to the 2015 financial year should produce another record profit result, with the Perth-based developer increasing its full-year profit guidance to $

Shares in Canada-focused coal developer Coalspur Mines surged after the company announced it had received a $15 million takeover proposal from KC Euroholdings.

Listed companies that hoard large amounts of cash have underperformed since the GFC and should start spending, accounting firm Deloitte says.

Shares in engineering and maintenance business WorleyParsons have tumbled on news its first-half profit had fallen 7 per cent to $104.3 million.

Retail developer Hawaiian has purchased Forrestfield Forum & Marketplace from its Singaporean owners, in a deal understood to be worth around $40 million.

Shares in Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings have soared on the firm's plans for a share buy-back and despite a 74 per cent drop in first-half profit to $68.4 million.

The market has opened flat despite fresh records on Wall Street on the back of positive congressional testimony by US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen about interest rates.

Troubled mining services contractor Macmahon Holdings has fallen into the red with a first-half loss of $112.45 million.

The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen pledged a cautious approach to raising interest rates.

CBH Group is set to invest $1.1 million in solar energy, commissioning Energy Made Clean to engineer and build power stations at three of its facilities across the state.

Oil prices have slipped as traders estimated a key report will show another increase in US crude inventories that already are at record levels, exacerbating the global oversupply.

The Australian dollar is higher after US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said an interest rate before June is unlikely.

Gold prices fell to the lowest level in almost two months on Tuesday after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen waxed positive about the economy's performance, even as she appeared to temper any expectations of an imminent rate increase.

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Healthway chair Rosanna Capolingua has resigned from her role on the agency’s board, following a Public Sector Commission report that unveiled an extensive misuse of tickets and hospitality by its board and senior staff.

Western Australia's grain production could be valued at $10 billion annually by 2025, under a new strategy launched today by the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia.