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Engineering firm Downer EDI's first half profit has grown by 11 per cent and the company has maintained its expectation of improved underlying profit for the full year.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says speculation the government may put up income tax is "ridiculous and absurd".

A collection of lacklustre earnings reports and in-line economic data have capped US stock gains, with the markets gaining no bump -- or loss -- from President Barack Obama's key policy speech.

The federal government says tighter tax avoidance laws impacting multinational companies will protect more than $1 billion in revenue each year.

Nickel miner Mincor Resources has shrugged off a first half loss of $2.21 million to declared an interim dividend of 2 cents per share.

The Australian share market closed at its highest level since 2008 as bank stocks soared on a better than expected profit from Commonwealth Bank (CBA).

Infrastructure services firm Cardno has acquired Bunbury-based Geotech Materials Testing Services in a transaction worth up to $26.7 million.

Northern Star Resources has booked a half year profit increase of 78 per cent, after increasing production capacity at its Paulsens gold mine to more than 100,000 ounces per year.

The mining industry has urged state and federal governments to tread with caution over implementing recommendations from a parliamentary inquiry into fly-in, fly-out work practices, saying some of

The war of words over the cost of the state opposition’s Metronet heavy rail plan has continued, with Transport Minister Troy Buswell claiming Labor has failed to account for “at least” $1 billion

The Pilbara Stories exhibition has officially opened at the FORM Gallery in Perth.

ScreenWest has launched two digital initiatives to meet the industry’s growing demand to create and develop digital content.

Shares in Skilled Group are up more than four per cent after the labour contractor reported a double-digit lift in first half net profit.

WESTERN Australia’s peak building industry group has called for urgent reform after the state’s largest home indemnity insurer, QBE, announced a 40 per cent premium price hike.

Engineering giant WorleyParsons has posted a flat first half profit result and tempered its forecasts for the full year.

Oz Minerals' full year profit has fallen by more than 44 per cent but the company remains on track to meet its copper and gold production targets.

Rio Tinto's Gove alumina refinery will stay open, the Northern Territory government has confirmed.Chief Minister Terry Mills said the mining giant had agreed to keep he plant open.

Boral chief Mike Kane says the Australian housing market is too difficult to predict as his company posted a first half net loss of $25.3 million.

Consumer sentiment has surged to its highest level in more than two years, fuelled by low interest rates and improving property and share markets.

The Australian share market has breifly broken through the 5,000 point mark as a better than expected profit by Commonwealth Bank boosts sentiment.

There’s little new or creative about either side’s approach to the state election campaign so far, with economic management, public transport and law and order front and centre.

Literary, artistic and theatre performances have a habit of creating memorable experiences at the most unexpected times.

Rather than embracing the economic opportunity its mining sector offers, South Africa is struggling with bureaucratic and labour problems.

The mining tax and public transport planning in Perth have one thing in common; they both show the danger of making policy on the run.

Leighton Holdings has returned to profit and driven down debt after least year's heavy losses, and forecast further growth in the year ahead.

A Labor MP insists there is no chance a revived mining industry campaign about the resources rent tax could claim another prime minister's scalp.

Julia Gillard may be busy running the country, dealing with ministerial resignations and the ongoing fallout from the Craig Thompson scandal, but speculation about what she knew of the Bruce Wilson/AWU ‘slush fund’ won’t go away.

Property group Stockland has suffered a $147.1 million interim net loss and flagged lower earnings for the full year.

THE Richmond Fellowship of Western Australia has stepped up its push to change attitudes in the state’s mental health system and help drive law reform.

Commonwealth Bank's first half net profit is up one per cent to a record $3.66 billion.

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