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US stocks have closed decisively higher following strong reports on consumer confidence and the housing market.

The Liberals may be on track to win the March 9 poll, but Colin Barnett and his team will be hoping voters don't see the result as a fait accompli.

Whoever wins in WA's March 9 poll, there is a chance to minimise payroll tax -collectively.

If any further evidence were needed that the commodities boom is over, management changes at some of the world's biggest resources companies seals the deal.

Voters need to remember that some of the most significant and positive changes in WA have come from governments doing less, not more.

Federal Labor's faction leaders need to think carefully before choosing the party's new leader after what's likely to be a devastating result in the September poll.

REPRESENTATIVES from a number of Perth-based insurance companies donned their aprons and took up their tongs last week for the second annual Willis On Fire charity barbecue cooking competition.

PHILANTHROPY organisation The Funding Network will introduce an innovative fundraising format to Perth next week, aimed at encouraging a broader range of people to contribute to charitable projects

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WHILE having a strategy to grow your business is a good starting place, there are several key ingredients that go into making it a success or otherwise.

AFG spent close to $1 million preparing to list on the ASX in 2007, but held off as the financial storm clouds gathered on the horizon.

Perth's apartment market has shifted up a gear with off-the-plan sales jumping on the back of interest rate reductions and the rental squeeze.

FARMING groups are taking a cautious view of the Barnett government's promises to make legislative reforms to benefit the sector if it wins the March 9 election, given the lack of action they say h

BOTH major parties have committed to big-spending projects in their bid to secure votes ahead of the upcoming state election.

With just over a week to go until the state election, the business community was eager to interrogate the treasurer and his key rival.

AS the March 9 election approaches, Western Australians are being enticed by both sides of politics with big-picture visionary projects.

Theatrical influences have become a point of difference for 1907 Restaurant.

Premier Colin Barnett has committed a future Liberal government to build the long-proposed Perth-Darwin Highway adding to a string of expensive transport projects the competing parties have promise

The Australian dollar has closed relatively flat as investors hold out to see how European markets react to Italy's election results.

A sharp jump in global miner Rio Tinto's debt has led to a downgrade in its credit outlook by ratings agency Standard & Poor's.

The Australian Greens and the federal coalition both want Labor's mining tax subjected to another Senate inquiry, but for entirely different reasons.

GR Engineering remains confident of an improved second half performance after one-off costs and project deferrals resulted in an 81 per cent fall in interim profit.

Travel agency Jetset Travelworld will continue to cut costs while it considers ways to boost business.

The Australian share market has closed lower but pared back earlier heavy falls.There were losses among the miners and big banks as investors took profits after recent gains.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has booked a 17 per cent drop in interim net profit, which it says was the result contract signing delays on two major projects.

Qantas has rejected former prime minister Malcolm Fraser's claim it interfered in the case of two Australian businessmen languishing in detention in Dubai.

QBE Insurance will cut hundreds of staff as it streamlines its global operations, but insists there will be no mass redundancies.

Developer Cedar Woods Properties expects a record profit this year after the Western Australian housing market underpinned a big jump in first half earnings.

Former Premier Ray O'Connor, who was jailed for six months in the mid 1990's as part of the WA Inc scandal, has died.

Mining services and drilling group Ausdrill is confident of a stronger performance in the second half of the financial year, despite posting an 11.9 per cent drop in interim profit.

The Reserve Bank of Australia says it has scope to cut interest rates, if needed, to offset the effect of the high Australian dollar.

The Minerals Council of Australia is looking for a new chief executive officer following Mitch Hooke's decision to leave the organisation at the end of this year.