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One of Western Australia’s largest solar power providers is set to take a Pilbara-based corporation off-grid after striking a deal that provides electricity and battery storage at a commercially competitive rate to Horizon Power.

WA's leading charity store chains are becoming more vital to the causes they fund

The Australian economy is picking up a bit of pace as cheaper petrol and low interest rates encourage more spending.

The Australian share market has reversed some of its heavy losses after a strong bounce in oil and gold prices.

Retail and tech equities have led US stock markets lower following a disappointing kickoff of the holiday shopping season.

The Australian dollar has bounced back from four-year lows overnight as commodity prices stage a recovery.

Crude oil prices have bounced back sharply from five-year lows in what analysts say may be just a technical correction after last week's $US10-a-barrel plunge.

Gina Rinehart has shown the dogged determination of an entrepreneur to develop the Roy Hill iron ore project.

Gold prices have surged to a one-month high as a rush of haven buying sparked by Japan's credit-rating downgrade forced bearish investors to clamour for the exit.

Mid-tier accounting firm ROCG Perth has expanded with the acquisition of specialist research and development tax consultants Insight Business.

Geraldton-based builder Serena Guidice has become the first ever woman to be named National Young Builder of the Year by the Master Builders Association.

In its latest push for greater conservation in mining regions, the Environmental Protection Agency has classified a proposed Mineral Resources iron ore project in the Yilgarn as 'environmentally unacceptable'.

Telstra has won a contract to build a 500-kilometre subsea telecommunications cable for Chevron in an effort to improve communications across the company’s projects in the state's north-west.

Dongyi Hua-led VDM Group is looking to strengthen its balance sheet by signing a share placement agreement with a private investor to raise $3 million.

The stubbornly high currency is widely expected to slide below US70 cents, with upside for some sectors and pain for others.

The share market has dumped 2 per cent, with energy stocks tumbling in the wake of the lowest crude oil prices since 2009.

Engine technology developer Orbital Corporation has filed court documents in the US against major car industry players Mercedes-Benz and Robert Bosch over alleged patent infringements concerning its direct injection technology.

One of three independent directors on the board of grain grower cooperative CBH Group, Samantha Tough, has resigned today after reported divisions among its directors.

Perth’s residential real estate market is continuing to experience the malaise felt through much of 2014, with the Real Estate Institute of WA, and market analysts RP Data reporting slight lifts in

Engineering and infrastructure firm RCR Tomlinson has established a new subsidiary to build a power station in the Galilee basin in Queensland, with Indian company Adani Mining lined up as a foundation customer.

Shares in grocery wholesaler Metcash have dived 13 per cent after the IGA Supermarkets brand owner flagged a slide of more than 20 per cent in its full-year earnings.

Premier Colin Barnett says he fully supports Transport Minister Dean Nalder, who is under review for a potential conflict of interest.

Some of Perth’s top company directors and dealmakers, including Michael Smith, Ian Cochrane, Michael Ashforth and Tony Iannello have been recruited to help run prominent family companies.

Pacific Energy managing director Adam Boyd has announced plans to leave the role at the end of March next year, after more than eight years at the company.

Twenty years after Wesfarmers bought Bunnings in a contentious takeover, we reflect on the family that started one of Australia's biggest retail successes.

Business dynasties are relatively hard to find in youthful WA.

Our inaugural Business Dynasties feature analyses WA’s oldest family businesses, including some that have been running for more than 100 years, profiles Bob and Gavin Bunning 20 years after their family business was bought by Wesfarmers, and looks at the role of ‘outsiders’ like Neil Hamilton, Michael Smith and Ian Cochrane in some of WA’s most notable family enterprises. Also, see our new WA Business Dynasties list.

The federal government is happy to look at any future proposal for a nuclear power plant, but won't be offering taxpayer support.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott concedes there's pressure on the budget that wasn't there at the start of 2014.

NBN Co has named the next 460 suburbs and towns to get the new-look National Broadband Network.

The Australian share market is lower as oil stocks again suffer a pummelling, following OPEC's decision not to cut production.

A free fall in petroleum stocks was the most striking element of an otherwise lacklustre week on Wall Street.