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US stocks have continued their upward climb, riding positive economic data from Germany and China to new records.

The limitations of the traditional SWOT analysis have become clear – it's time businesses upgrade the way they plan and strategise for the future.

Goldfields Money shares jumped on the Australian Securities Exchange today, despite the regional lender forecasting a drop in full-year profit.

The Australian share market has closed at its best level in almost five years, driven by record US market highs and positive Chinese trade data.

Woodside Petroleum has been voted the state's most attractive employer at this year's Randstad Awards, which also revealed that competitive salaries had become the most important factor for Western

Singapore-listed resources construction services firm AusGroup has made a key step towards listing on the ASX, signing a conditional agreement to acquire two Malaysian resort development companies

Shares in Seven West Media have leapt 10 per cent after the company exceeded expectations on cost cuts and chief executive Don Voelte said the media group was placed to improve next year.

The founder of Perth catering company Chica Catering, Lee Hall, has faced her fair share of obstacles in building her business – from a fire that ruined all the food prepared for three separate fun

Continental Coal has completed an $8 million financing arrangement with South African mining company Village Main Reef.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor's decision to dump a tax cut funded by its carbon pricing regime shows next week's federal budget can't be trusted.

The lead-up to an election is not the right time to debate the federal government's national disability care scheme, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Small to medium businesses looking to get involved in supplying the resources sector are being hampered by a lack of access to finance, new research shows.

Fortescue Metals Group is trying to boost its permanent Aboriginal workforce as the company moves from a construction phase into production.

The Australian share market has opened higher after record highs were reached on Wall Street.

Prominent Perth board member Michael Smith has been appointed national chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

The federal opposition has accused Labor of ripping off Australian taxpayers after it confirmed it would "defer" tax cuts linked to its carbon pricing regime.

Sandalford Wines has vowed to continue its concert partnership with high-profile promoter Paul Dainty, despite the winery going from being one of the busiest concert hosts in the state to having ju

The Gillard government's inflammatory rhetoric on skilled migration and supposed widespread abuses of the 457 visa scheme still rankle.

The Australian dollar has fallen to a fresh two-month low during overnight trade, before recovering most of its lost ground amid gains on US share markets.

The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average has closed above 15,000 for the first time as investor optimism about the US economy bolstered equities like Caterpillar.

Oil and Gas giant Chevron has committed to expand its lease and take up 45 per cent of the commercial space in CBD office building QV1.

Luxury yacht brand, Princess Yachts Australia is ramping up its Perth operations following its purchase of major yacht broker Grant Torrens International Marine.

Sir Richard Branson has jetted into Perth to unveil his newly-branded aircraft after the $99 million takeover of regional airline Skywest.

Follow the man, follow the money. For hard-hit followers of resource stocks in Western Australia that's where they will find nuggets of good news, as smart people with spare cash refocus on a mining sector that's showing early signs of a sustained recovery.

The Australian share market closed lower but recovered some ground after the Reserve Bank cut the cash rate to a record low.

Australia could revive its struggling cattle industry and improve animal welfare standards by processing meat at home instead of continuing live exports, the Australian Greens say.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official interest rate by 25 basis points at its monthly board meeting today, taking rates to a historically low level of 2.75 per cent.

Western Australia's property market continues to outperform other capitals, with the state leading the way in a slight rise in Australian house prices in the first three months of 2013.

LandCorp and the Town of Cambridge's plans for a 200-lot subdivision in Jolimont have passed a significant milestone, with the rezoning process for the 4-hectare site ready to be kicked off after a

Falling commodity prices and lower than expected Chinese gross domestic profit drove down the total market capitalisation of WA's listed companies by 2.6 per cent in April, combining with a weaker