Oil prices have fallen after OPEC, supplier of a third of the world's crude, cut its longer-term production forecasts in the face of rising North American shale output.
Gold has sunk to a fresh four-and-a-half-year low as brighter US economic data bolsters the US dollar and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi hinted at a more aggressive stimulus program.
The Health Insurance Fund of Australia has broken through the $100 million revenue mark for the first time, reporting income of $106 million from premiums.
The third instalment from Peter Kennedy’s new book on WA’s recent political past examines the pressure on Carmen Lawrence to set up a royal commission into what became known as WA Inc.
Interest in a takeover of Perth-based Amcom Telecommunications is heating up with telecommunications heavyweight TPG Telecom emerging as a potential suitor.
Watpac Civil & Mining says it will resume limited works at Pluton Resources' Cockatoo Island iron ore project following discussions with the troubled miner's receivers, KordaMentha.
Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group is expanding its service offering with the acquisition of SAS Telecom for about $1 million, providing it with access to the telecommunication installation market.
Wesfarmers has appointed Maya vanden Driesen to the position of group general counsel, putting her in charge of a national team of 42 in-house lawyers.
Tugboat operator Teekay Shipping and the world's fourth largest iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group have condemned the decision of 56 tugboat workers to bring Port Hedland to a halt for four hours next Wednesday .
Education provider Navitas says it has become joint naming rights sponsor of the Navitas Satalyst Racing team, a Western Australian registered cycling team competing in the National Road Series.
Australia's unemployment rate was at a near 12-year high in October but, on the plus side, economists are rebuilding their faith in the accuracy of the figures.
The Dow and S&P 500 have both closed at fresh records after the Republicans took power in both US Houses of Congress and lifted hopes for pro-business policies.
US oil futures have sharply rebounded from the prior day's dive after the US petroleum inventories report showed a smaller-than-expected increase in crude oil supplies.
Gold and silver prices have sunk to four-and-a-half-year lows, weighed down by a soaring US dollar and expectations of more stimulus from the world's largest economies.
Western Australia's universities will receive just 7.4 per cent out of next year's $354 million national research grants program, the lowest portion the state has been allocated in the past three years.
Improving the diagnosis and management of patients with fatty liver conditions was the motivation for the 2014 WA Innovator of the Year winner, Resonance Health.
Politicians rarely voluntarily seek to lower the tax take or reduce the size of government, so what’s behind Tony Abbott’s call for a ‘mature’ debate over the federation?
Neon Energy may be leaving its Perth headquarters after entering into a merger implementation agreement with MEO Australia, which would create a combined entity based in Melbourne.
