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The Dow has edged to a new record as markets essentially moved sideways with low trading volumes.

Liberal backbencher Rob Johnson is not at risk of being expelled from the party, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Nexus Energy shares have slumped more than 20 per cent as investors worry their shareholdings could be worthless within 48 hours.

A fall in consumer confidence in Western Australia is further evidence that federal and state budgets have hit taxpayer sentiment hard, Member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan says.

The share market has closed slightly higher as mixed economic data hampered gains.

Commercial real estate agency Colliers International is tipping strong demand to continue for Perth assets in the coming financial year, after recording nearly $100 million in transactions since Ma

Asking the right questions and offering appropriate solutions is a recipe for more business.

Increasingly online-savvy customers have fuelled business and government demand for digital communications advice, which in turn has spurred public relations firms to increase their offering in this specialist area.

Deloitte has promoted six new partners in its Perth office, and transferred a seventh from Adelaide, following a 6.5 per cent increase in the accounting firm's national revenue to $1.16 billion for

Woodside Petroleum has more than doubled its intake of graduates, from 50 hired in 2013 to 115 expected to start next year.

Premier and Science Minister Colin Barnett has appointed Peter Klinken as the new chief scientist of Western Australia.

Eastern states-based storage group National Storage has acquired three Perth storage facility sites, in a portfolio transaction collectively worth more than $18.9 million.

The owners of the Guildford Hotel have scored a major coup towards restoring the heritage-listed building, signing a lease agreement with national hotel operator The Publican Group.

US-listed geospatial technology giant Trimble has acquired Perth-based information-management firm Mining Information Systems.

Northern Star Resources has cleared the main hurdle to its acquisition of the Jundee gold mine while also announcing monthly production results that were better than its own targets.

Home loan approval numbers were flat in April, just shy of the 0.2 per cent rise the market had expected, figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.

Kresta Holdings' major shareholder, China-based Aplus, has outlined plans to acquire the Malaga-based company just six months after buying a large interest in the group.

Perth-based company Cauldron Energy has secured $11 million in funding through share placement agreements with Chinese investors.

The share market has opened higher after positive leads from the United States.

The Australian dollar is higher, helped by encouraging signs for the Chinese economy.

US stocks have rallied, with the Dow and S&P 500 extending record winning streaks amid a fresh burst of merger and acquisition activity on Wall Street.

Oil prices have rallied sharply, with the US benchmark hitting a three-month high, after positive Chinese, Japanese and US economic data raised expectations for more energy demand.

The Australian share market is expected to open in positive territory on Tuesday in the absence of any significant data in the US.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has loaded 200 million tonnes of iron ore with its fleet of 53 autonomous trucks.

Are calls for change self-serving or do they highlight a collective opportunity?

Katana Asset Management wins top Aussie fund ranking as Euroz expands investment management business.

Amid an ongoing capital drought, exploration companies are reinventing themselves in order to survive.

India presents an array of opportunities for WA businesses, however achieving success in the country can be harder than first thought.

Vikas Rambal is pushing ahead with his multi-billion dollar fertiliser plant and pursuing a newfound appetite for property investment.

At the close of business last Friday, Nexus Energy received about 705 million proxy votes against Seven Group Holdings' scheme to acquire the company.

LandCorp has placed a 4.55-hectare parcel of industrial land near Geraldton on the market, in an effort to meet rising demand from businesses seeking large plots of land near the Mid West city.

Sue Ash, Frank Cooper, Hendy Cowan and Ian Ritchie are among the Western Australians to have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours this year.