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The share market is higher as resource stocks rally on talk of more stimulus in China.

The business sector hopes a royal commission into union corruption will lead to changes in workplace relations and practices and help lift productivity.

Blaming the circumstances rather than taking responsibility is a dead-end response to a tough sales challenge.

The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index has rallied, leading the market to its first day of gains after three straight losses.

Global oil prices have jumped on renewed Ukraine tensions after pro-Russian protesters seized government buildings in the eastern city of Donetsk.

The Australian dollar has rallied, reaching a four month high against a weaker greenback.

The Western Australian government has moved to extend its controversial shark cull trial by three years, despite public protests against the program.

Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane today launched a new centre dedicated to research in the resources sector, but was coy on whether Canberra would support a similar body that Woodside has been pushing for the oil and gas sector.

Heron Resources says it can dramatically reduce capital costs at its Kalgoorlie nickel project by pursuing a smaller-scale plant option, describing the results of a scoping study as a step-change improvement in the economics of the project.

Developer and property syndicator Primewest has added another shopping centre to its porftolio, buying the Stirling's Retail Centre in Bunbury for $18.75 million.

Research undertaken in Perth may help to solve the growing problem of multi-screen inattention.

The share market has rebounded from early losses to close flat, as bargain hunters stepped in.

Department of Regional Development director-general Paul Rosair will step down from the post later this year after spearheading the Royalties for Regions scheme for the last five years.

The state government’s push for apartment and townhouse developments, as well as increased appetite among home buyers for high-density housing, is creating substantial opportunity for residential property syndicates.

The entrepreneurial sub-culture of WA business was established more than a century ago.

Perth-based explorer Kin Mining has agreed to purchase the Leonora gold project in the Goldfields from the administrators of Navigator Resources for $2.7 million.

Public servants in Perth's central business district were this morning set to walk off the job as part of a campaign for a better pay deal.

Shares in Perth-based explorer Tawana Resources are trading lower after the company announced it has raised $5 million through a discounted share placement.

7-Eleven Stores has confirmed that it is expanding into Western Australia, as foreshadowed last month by Business News.

The Australian dollar has drifted lower following soft economic data.

Global oil prices have fallen after rebels agreed to reopen two of the four blockaded oil-export terminals in eastern Libya, suggesting the country's blockaded supplies might come back on the market.

US stocks have slumped for a third day in a row with investors worrying about whether high-flying technology stocks are overvalued and cautiously anticipating earnings season.

The lack of competition for small business lending needs to come under scrutiny at the federal government’s financial system inquiry.

Gas industry leaders lined up today to call for more supportive government policies on workplace relations, taxation and skilled migration, saying these changes were crucial if the sector was to maximise growth opportunities.

Australia has secured a historic free trade agreement with its second-largest trading partner Japan after seven years of negotiations.

Premier Colin Barnett has launched a blunt attack on the gas industry, saying it doesn’t understand Australia, had left his government swinging “high and dry” and needed to do more for the domestic market.

The share market has fallen despite making up some of the early losses incurred due to a negative lead from Wall Street.

Global engineering and construction group Kentz has been awarded a $US570 million contract for electrical and instrumentation works at the Inpex-operated Ichthys liquefied natural gas project.

Uncertainty over the price of oil makes Seven Group Holdings’ purchase of Nexus Energy a classic case of what business risk is all about.

The Western Australian Museum Foundation is in the final stages of establishing governance and investment structures to support what it hopes will be the largest cultural endowment fund in Australia.

Tourists and business travellers will soon be spoilt for choice when it comes to luxury hotels in Perth, with a rush of new developments providing new options at five stars and above.

China's economic growth will slow slightly in 2014 but the nation remains the key to the fortunes of the East Asia Pacific region, a new World Bank report says.