Land developer Peet has shrugged off moderating sales volumes in Western Australia over the first half of FY2015 to lift its profit by 30 per cent compared to the previous corresponding half year.
The third daughter of late mining heir Michael Wright has succeeded in her bid to extract much more than she was left from his will, with a judge ruling she should get $25 million.
Shipbuilder Austal has reported a 208 per cent rise in profit to $28.9 million for the six months to December and declared its first dividend since 2011.
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.
Wall Street stocks have finished little changed following mixed corporate earnings and a second day of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen.
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.
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.
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.
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.
