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With stock options being taxed immediately, start-ups are being held back.

The sharemarket is slightly lower as investors monitor the situation in Crimea following a controversial referendum.

Perth-based The Waterberg Coal Company (WCC) has agreed to a share swap deal with London-listed investment fund Global Resource Investment Trust (GRIT).

Perkins Builders has won a $20 million contract for the redevelopment of Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre, part of a two-stage, $38 million overhaul.

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Talga Resources has received commitments to raise up to $1.7 million, which has been earmarked for the ongoing development of its graphite projects in Sweden.

Rather than a disaster, Troy Buswell’s political exit ought to be an opportunity.

Surveyor Fugro Spatial Solutions has been awarded a contract to carry out dimensional control surveys at Inpex’s Ichthys LNG project near Darwin.

The sharemarket is higher after a stabilisation in iron ore prices helped lift resources stocks.

The Australian dollar is lower as the European Union and the US prepare to impose sanctions on Russia after a referendum on the fate of Crimea went ahead despite Western opposition.

Gold prices have closed at the highest level in six months as investors remain cautious over the fluid geopolitical situation in Ukraine.

The growing diplomatic crisis over Ukraine has rattled markets, producing the deepest declines in US stocks for a single week since January.

Australian households are each more than $13,000 better off thanks to trade with China, the country's ambassador to Australia told a business lunch in Perth today.

Cash strapped Jacka Resources has appointed two broking firms to assess capital raising options after confirming that a friendly takeover offer from Tangiers Petroleum looks set to fail.

There is a fascinating divergence between the mining industry and government in how they view investment in the Pilbara.

In the second instalment of Business News Background, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the news of the week and articles in next week's edition of the newspaper with James Lush.

Former Compass Hotel Group boss Brian Northcote has had his sentence for breaching directors duties and submitting false information to the corporate regulator extended by a New South Wales court.

Lack of supply of large, well-located office and retail assets in Perth’s commercial property market has resulted in the total value of sales falling to less than half of what they were 12 months ago.

Alinta Energy has given a lukewarm response to reforms that could provide the state’s residential customers with a choice of electricity retailers for the first time.

Iron-ore explorer Coziron Resources has raised $2.5 million in equity following the execution of a share placement to sophisticated investors.

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has again urged the Labor opposition to support the repeal of the mining tax when parliament resumes next week, describing it as an "anti-WA tax".

Weaker than expected economic figures from China and renewed concerns about the Ukraine have caused a significant fall on the local sharemarket.

The choice of candidates for Western Australia's senate election rerun will not be as large as first thought, with 77 candidates nominating.

Doray Minerals has posted a maiden half-year profit on the back of the commencement of production at its Andy Well gold project in the Murchison region.

Mike Nahan has been tasked with the difficult job of managing the state's finances ahead of May's budget, replacing Troy Buswell as treasurer in a cabinet reshuffle.

Australian stocks have plummeted following disappointing Chinese economic figures and renewed concerns about the standoff between Russia and Ukraine.

Troy Buswell has left the political stage to face his personal issues, but he’s left the government with a few problems of its own.

Gold futures have edged higher amid heightened concerns about China's economy and instability in Ukraine.

The Australian dollar is lower as escalating tensions between Russia and the West overshadow positive economic data from the US.

US stocks fell sharply as weak Chinese economic data and rising tensions in Ukraine offset solid US retail sales and labour-market data.

The professional development of Aboriginal artists in Port Hedland received a boost last week with the opening of Spinifex Hill Artists Studios.