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Commerce Minister Michael Mischin says he is open to the possibility of further extending Sunday shopping hours, but has not made any firm decision on the matter.

US equity markets suffered one of their poorest weeks of 2013 ending Friday, tumbling on the back of uninspiring economic data and troubling earnings reports from Walmart and other retailers.

From council amalgamations to Elizabeth Quay, power prices to ballooning debt, Colin Barnett faces criticism whichever way he turns.

Two new oil and gas research initiatives have received promises of federal funding, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talking up the future of the sector in Western Australia today.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower after recovering most of the losses it made after the release of strong US jobs figures.

Neptune Marine has announced it will consolidate its Australian operations into a single purpose-built location in Welshpool.

Australian shares have finished weaker as profit taking hit the big banks and resource companies.

The state government has provided a further $26 million to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research’s Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project.

It looked pretty shaky for a while, but last week’s numbers from China suggest that a degree of stabilisation is setting in.

Battling vanadium miner Atlantic has secured an additional $20 million in high interest debt to fund continued development at its Windimurra mine in the Mid West.

WESTERN Australia's high construction costs threaten to constrict the new project pipeline, according to Perth's leading architecture firms.

Telecommunications major Fujitsu has been seconded to help advance the latest bid to build a subsea cable link from Perth to Singapore.

Engineering and construction contractor Calibre Group says it is poised to maintain its earnings in financial year 2014 after reporting a 34 per cent fall in net profit in FY2013.

These days it seems online businesses are formed, get bought quickly, or pivot into something else.

The University of Western Australia has moved up the world’s most respected university rankings for the sixth consecutive year, to be ranked fourth in Australia and 91st worldwide.

ST Bartholomew’s House marks a major milestone this year, having provided support services for the state’s homeless for 50 years.

The deepening relationship between WorleyParsons and the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a prime example of how partnerships between the corporate and not-for-profit sectors are shifting away from being purely financial.

The RAC has reinforced its favour of global media and branding agencies with it announcing a new winner for its media communications work.

Motor retailer and logistics company Automotive Holdings Group's profit is up more than 30 per cent, thanks to strong sales and results from its core businesses.

Fortescue Metals Group has attracted an investment of up to $US1.15 billion ($A1.27 billion) fom Taiwan's largest private company, Formosa Plastics Group, to underpin the development of a new iron

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says plans to introduce tax concessions and incentives in the Northern Territory could be extended to northern Western Australia and Queensland.

Australian shares are weaker as uncertainty about US stimulus measures hit Wall Street and local resource stocks.

Santos' half year net profit has risen three per cent due to increased sales revenue from higher gas prices.

We live in strange times when a state treasury is more bullish about commodity prices than an investment bank.

ANZ made a $4.7 billion profit for the nine months to June, an increase of 7 per cent.The bank said the result was driven by revenue growth and productivity gains.

The Australian dollar is lower after better-than-expected US jobless claims figures boosted the greenback.

US stocks have tumbled after Dow components Cisco and Walmart spotlighted the weak economic outlook in their earnings reports.

A stable society is not served by galloping growth in laws, according to one of the country’s senior judicial figures.

The Australian dollar has firmed after Japan's economics minister, Akira Amari, said Australia's second largest trading partner was halfway out of deflation.

The share market edged lower due to mixed reactions to corporate earnings reports.

Shares in Elemental Minerals jumped by more than 10 per cent on the Australian Securities Exhange today, after the explorer announced it had won a mining licence for its Sintoukola potash project i