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Shares in rare earths miner Lynas have fallen by more seven per cent after Malaysian activists continued legal action against the company's controversial processing plant.

Department store chain Myer has experienced its second consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth but chief Bernie Brookes is remaining cautious about Christmas sales.

Seven Group Holdings managing director Peter Gammell has painted a mixed picture for the diversified media and industrial services group, forecasting a rise in first-half underlying profit for 2012

The Australian market is more than three-quarters of a per cent lower after Wall Street plunged overnight.

Qantas Airways will spend $100 million to buy back about four per cent of its issued stocks in a move to strengthen its dwindling share price.

US stocks tumbled on Wednesday as President Barack Obama challenged Republicans to accept tax increases for the wealthy in a deal to avert the year-end fiscal cliff.

Premier Colin Barnett has defended comments by federal opposition leader Tony Abbott in which he described Liberal MP Ken Wyatt as an "urban Aboriginal".

The Greens say BHP Billiton must be made to prepare a new environmental impact statement (EIS) after indicating new technologies may be used to expand the Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia.

The Australian dollar is almost half a US cent higher on improved consumer sentiment and weakness in the greenback.

Amid rumours that a Chinese property conglomerate has won the right to develop land in the second stage of the Ord River expansion in the Kimberley, Premier Colin Barnett says he will not reveal wh

Dacian Gold has been admitted to the Australian Securities Exchange's official list, after completing a $20 million initial public offering last week.

Gold miner Millennium Minerals has received firm commitments for an $8.1 million capital raising to provide a working capital buffer as it ramps up to full production at Nullagine gold project in t

Fortescue Metals Group managing director Nev Power has confirmed the iron ore miner is assessing the possible sale of equity in its infrastructure assets.

The Australian market ended a four-day run of losses to close higher, driven by large financial sector stocks.

Paladin Energy boss John Borshoff has sold more than a quarter of his stake in the company, but says he remains confident in the outlook for the uranium sector.

Hancock Prospecting executive director Tad Watroba says the company is confident of its ability to secure about $7 billion in debt to fund its Roy Hill iron ore project.

Engineering contractor Clough has won a $20 million contract extension at Chevron's oil facilities off the north west coast of the state.

Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder says the company is performing in line with its profit guidance so far this financial year and its retail businesses are continuing to grow.

A transport union which says Coles risks lives by pressuring truck drivers to meet tight deadlines is staging protests aimed at the supermarket giant's shareholders as well as customers.

Mining contractor MACA has added to its recent contract success, winning two fresh contracts with Atlas Iron at the Abydos iron ore mine in the Pilbara.

Hardware giant Bunnings has announced it will invest $135 million dollars in network expansion in Western Australia, at the opening of its new store in Armadale today.

Australia will have to seriously consider nuclear power as an option if there is no breakthrough on baseload clean energy, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson says.

ASF Group has moved to usurp control of Rey Resources from its current board of directors, as hostilities increase ahead of Rey's ‘second strike' annual meeting next week.

There's plenty of political manoeuvring ahead in the regions as the parties mark out their territory.

The federal government is well behind the private sector in a number of key areas.

It is hard to see investment conditions getting worse than they have been for the past few years, with analysts in Asia optimistic about China's potential.

People who fret about declining industries should read this story about a musical journey from the Governor Broome Hotel in Northbridge to the Blues at Bridgetown festival.

Political and humanitarian principles should not be forgotten when doing business with China.

The world's largest diversified resources company BHP Billiton has become less diverse after exiting the diamond mining business.

MICHELLE Charlton was last week named the WA Social Worker of the Year.

CHEVRON'S Community Spirit Fund will donate more than $200,000 towards Pilbara communities this year.

A MENTORING program designed to produce better outcomes for rural-based businesses will be launched later this month following a three-year pilot program.