Perth-based GR Engineering Services has diversified from mining into the oil & gas sector, with the purchase of Melbourne company Product Solutions for $5.75 million.
Diversified conglomerate Wesfarmers has sold off its 40 per cent stake in industrial gas producer Air Liquide Western Australia to its national counterpart, Air Liquide Australia, for a profit
Etihad Airways has announced plans to launch daily flights between Perth and Abu Dhabi next year, meaning all three of the big Middle Eastern airlines will be operating out of Western Australia.
US stocks have closed lower after a surprisingly good retail sales report boosted speculation that the US Federal Reserve could soon scale back its stimulus program.
The Australian dollar is at a three-and-a-half month low following strong US retail data and after the Reserve Bank of Australia governor said he wanted the dollar around 85 US cents.
Education provider Navitas has extended its collaboration with La Trobe University, signing a 10-year renewal for its international student partnership.
Nedlands-based potash explorer Reward Minerals has copped a speeding ticket from the ASX after its shares soared more than 56 per cent higher in the space of a week.
The Fraser Range near Norseman has yet again cemented itself as an exploration hospot, with junior base metals explorer Classic Minerals shares soaring on the ASX today on news of a substantial new
Shares in Perth-based oil and gas explorer Kinetiko Energy have tanked after the company emerged from a trading halt with news of a heavily discounted share placement.
Perth-based Xstate Resources have dropped their target of gaining 100 per cent control of Bombora Energy in an amended heads of agreement that will see them acquire 75.9 per cent of the shares on issue.
The national unemployment rate has edged up to 5.8 per cent in November, despite the number of people in employment rising by 21,000 in the month, while Western Australia continues to maintain a much lower jobless rate.
The Western Australian film industry has become the latest to tap China's deep pockets with agreements struck for film projects worth more than $87 million to be co-financed by a Chinese animation company.
A strategic review into the national broadband network (NBN) has recommended rolling out a mix of technologies, including fibre-to-the-premise, costing $11.5 billion more than the coalition's original forecast.
Property development firm Devwest Group has been given the green light for an $85 million, two-tower commercial and residential project in South Perth.
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.
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.
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.
