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US stocks have piled up losses after Federal Reserve minutes showed divisions over asset purchases, with some officials suggesting to wind them down before the jobs market picks up.

Listed Perth company AnaeCo has announced plans for a $21.4 million rights issue pitched at lesss than half its current share price, as it seeks to complete its first waste treatment plant in Shent

The City of Perth has approved a 10-storey extension to a West Perth hotel.

The Pilbara housing market and the South West unit market were two of the strongest regional property sectors over the past year, a report released today has found.

The Australian dollar is stronger against the greenback after statements from New Zealand's central bank led currency traders to move their money across the Tasman.

Mining on the moon may move from science fiction to reality faster than most people think and Australia can play its part, a lawyer says.

The $440 million Elizabeth Quay development has become a hot election issue as the riverside development causes major traffic congestion in the city.

The Australian market has closed at a fresh four-year high as gains by financial stocks offset falls by the big miners.

Foreign ownership of Western Australia's agriculture assets will be closely watched if the opposition wins the March 9 election.

Leighton Holdings is set to sell part of its $885 million phone and internet infrastructure assets to a Canadian pension fund.

Engineering and construction group Ausenco has forecast further growth in 2013 after reporting a full year net profit of $41.4 million, a 57 per cent jump on the previous year.

Company collapses hit a record high in 2012, with the construction industry bearing the brunt.

Atlas Iron will book a non-cash impairment of $258 million following a review of some of its exploration projects, but says its development plans are unchanged.

Premier Colin Barnett says he may have "played some role" in controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders being forced to cancel his speaking engagements in Perth.

A lull in the jobs market over the past couple of years is showing up in slower wages growth, clearing the way for a further round of interest rate cuts.

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals has rejected suggestions that it is vulnerable because Chinese steel use is waning, saying that country's urbanisation had more than another 20 years to run.

Adam Bandt says it's the Australian Greens, not Labor, that deserve credit for introducing a carbon price and taking steps to combat climate change.

Transport and logistics group Toll Holdings has lifted its first half profit by more than 20 per cent and expects stronger earnings for the rest of the year.

The Australian market has opened firmer as Wall Street rallied to fresh five-year highs.

Shares in Woodside Petroleum have hit an 18-month high as the group delivered higher esarnings from its Australian oil and gas assets and outlined plans to invest in two overseas projects.

Debt won't fall to levels seen under the previous state government while big developments continue in the state, Premier Colin Barnett says.

Seven West Media has posted a loss of $109.3 million for the first half of the financial year because of restructure costs and the lower value of its magazines.

BHP Billiton has selected the head of its global non-ferrous metals business, Andrew Mackenzie, to succeed chief executive Marius Kloppers, who will leave the global mining giant in May after six y

US stocks pushed higher on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 to their best levels in more than five years.

Expect both sides of politics to slug it out until election day over the cost of their promises.

Some bold vision is needed to create a 50-year housing and transport plan for Perth and surrounds.

A large number of small miners are scraping the bottom of the barrel, with tight funds hampering exploration and, therefore, viability.

As the state election campaign heats up, the focus is on fiscal responsibility more than ever.

The Arab Spring hasn't unfolded the way many in the West would have wanted, with famine now a real possibility in Egypt.

QUEENSLAND artist Ross Manning's exhibition, Volumes, opened at the Perth Cultural Centre last week.

AUZCORP Amex Corporation, Azure Capital, legal firm Ashurst and Acton Real Estate were among the companies to get in the swim for the sixth annual iiNet Team Sprint Cup last weekend to raise funds

MINING giant Rio Tinto has signed up with the Royal Flying Doctor Service for a further four years to sponsor the Life Flight aero medical jet.