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The Executive Connection has revealed that CEOs and owners from 79 per cent of businesses with a $100 million plus turnover from Western Australia expect sales revenues to increase over the next 12 months, according to its November confidence index.

ThinkSmart shares have shot up 39 per cent upon its announced agreement to sell its Australian and New Zealand businesses to financial services company FlexiGroup for $43 million to shift focus to its operations in the United Kingdom.

Chevron has announced a second cost increase and further delays to its giant Gorgon gas project, with the budget now set at $US54 billion.

Australian stocks have defied a negative lead from Wall Street to start the local session slightly higher.

US stocks have tumbled in a decline that analysts attribute to profit-taking after the equity market surge of 2013.

Gold prices have slipped after a bipartisan US budget deal soothed fears of a year-end budget crisis, sapping some of the recent investor appetite for the haven asset.

The Australian dollar is lower on expectations that the unemployment rate will edge higher and amid increased expectations that tapering of US economic stimulus will begin soon.

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Oz Minerals has capped off a horror year with a disappointing update on its copper and gold reserves, which caused another share price plunge.

Atlantic chairman and managing director Michael Minosora has predicted a doubling in production volumes this month, as the vanadium and iron ore miner moves toward breakeven on its operating cash flow.

New Energy Corporation has furthered its bid to build a waste-to-energy plant in Rockingham by securing its first waste supply contract.

Scitech has marked a major step in its plan to grow revenue from exhibition rentals by signing its first US client.

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Engineering and construction company VDM Group will look to strengthen its balance sheet through an $18.7 million capital raising, with the company's major shareholder H&H Holdings contributing $9 million to the finance boost.

BHP Billiton is backing the US gas boom to continue and says exports from there could start within three years, which could be bad news for Australia's rival projects.

Australian shares have weakened for the fifth consecutive session after a key consumer sentiment reading fell to a five-month low.

Retail property in Kalgoorlie-Boulder is reeling from the flow-on effects of the mining services slowdown, with empty shops in the city’s historic heart of Hannan Street reaching decades-high level

South Perth-based Alcyone Resources is on the hunt for new investment opportunities after securing a $25 million credit facility with New York investment management firm Platinum Partners.

Cash Converters has acquired four franchised stores in Victoria and one in New South Wales for approximately $4 million dollars, inclusive of $1.8 million in assets, bringing the total number of corporate-owned stores in Australia to 61.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is still trying to find out what caused a toxic spill at its Rossing Uranium mine in Namibia - the company's second major radioactive incident this month.

Australian shares are marginally weaker as a lacklustre lead from Wall Street weighs down the big miners and some banking stocks.

US stocks have ended lower as investors looked ahead to a retail sales report that covers the beginning of the critical holiday shopping season.

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A Productivity Commission report this week has given state and federal governments a clear guide towards a better project approvals system.

The Australian dollar is higher on the back of US dollar weakness and strong economic data out of China.

Subiaco-based gold explorer Ampella Mining has recommended its shareholders approve a proposed $41 million off-market takeover bid from Egypt-focused miner Centamin.

BHP Billiton chief Andrew Mackenzie says his main aim is not growing volumes, confirming plans to cut capital expenditure by 25 per cent this year and further next year.

Premier Colin Barnett has announced new measures to address public safety and help mitigate the risk sharks pose to water users.

New Standard Energy plans to diversify its interests in the oil and gas sector by completing a farm-in agreement in the Cooper Basin in South Australia and acquiring 5,182 acres in a Texas oil shale asset.

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The Australian share market has closed almost flat, with investors running out of steam after a strong start.

A former Perth commercial analyst has been fined after pleading guilty to one count of insider trading related to the takeover of MacArthur Coal by Peabody Energy Corporation in 2011.