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US stocks overcame a choppy day of trading om Friday and closed at fresh all-time highs as Group of Seven finance chiefs met in Britain to discuss economic challenges.

The Australian dollar has stabilised after plunging over night, hurt by a big pre-dawn rally in the US dollar.

Redbank Copper shares had a lukewarm return to trading today, closing at 0.4 cents after a major restructuring and recapitalisation led by investor Michael Fotios.

The falling gold price is continuing to hit Western Australia's resources sector, with Saracen Minerals today joining a string of companies to cancel projects, slash costs and launch strategic revi

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The Australian share market has closed at levels not seen in almost five years as a weakening domestic currency boosted the big miners.

The resources industry is urging the federal government to tread carefully as it attempts to plug holes in its budget, due to be handed down early next week.

The Nine Network will decide whether to match a $500 million offer for cricket television rights while being taken to court by Cricket Australia.

Mining contractor Swick Mining Services has won a drilling contract at US-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

Moly Mines shares have shot up on the ASX after the company announced it had signed a mine gate sale agreement with Mineral Resources worth up to $38 million for output from its Spinifex Ridge iron

ANZ bank has stepped up home loan competition among the major banks, becoming the first in 16 years to cut interest rates by more than the central bank's move.

Residential property owners and real estate agents will no longer be able to charge prospective tenants up to a week's rent to apply for a lease, under new laws introduced by the state government t

There are even less inflation hurdles for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the cash rate further, if need be.

The Australian market has opened higher despite weak offshore leads as the financial sector lifts local shares.

Local and global factors are combining against a significant future strengthening of the $A against the greenback.

Business groups have welcomed the industrial relations policy package announced this week by federal opposition leader Tony Abbott but most have lobbied for the coalition to go much further.

The Australian dollar has plummeted almost two US cents and could be on its way back below the 100-US cent mark for the first time in nearly a year.

US stocks fell on Thursday, as buyers took a breather after a slate of successive record closes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.50 (0.15 per cent) to 15,082.62.

Western Australian households face an extra $218 a year in fees and charges as Treasurer Troy Buswell warned of a “significant erosion” of the state's revenue base.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's chief Greg Medcraft has warned that investors hungry for yield are going to be attracted to riskier investments as Australia's interest rates

The Australian dollar is higher after strong employment figures made the possibility of another official interest rate cut less likely.

The number of dwellings expected to be built in Perth this year has increased to 22,500, and is forecast to stay around that level for the next three years.

Caravel Minerals gone to the market to raise some extra cash as it seeks to develop its gold and copper acreage in WA and Queensland with a reunited management team from Dominion Mining.

THE booming Western Australian economy of the past decade has fuelled a rise in philanthropic activity of all kinds in Perth.

Palmyra-based Sullivan Property Consultants has picked up a Rockingham bulky goods centre for $14 million.

The consumer watchdog has put out a scam warning after nearly $1 million in investment fraud losses were reported to its ScamNet agency during the past month.

Sumatra Copper & Gold is seeking to raise $20 million to put towards development at its flagship Tembang gold-silver project in Indonesia.

The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA has appointed its inaugural executive director, with the recruitment of experienced arts administrator Henry Boston.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says his industrial relations policy will protect the pay and conditions of workers and offer them access to flexibility arrangements.