US stocks notched gains for a third straight day as investors looked past disappointing economic data to a batch of positive corporate earnings reports.
Osborne Park-based company Advanced Braking Technology has given the green light to commercially launch its patented SIBS garbage truck brake technology.
The head of Freehills’ Perth office, Jason Ricketts, has been promoted to the position of Australian managing partner, following the company’s merger with international law firm Herbert Smith.
Matilda Zircon has appointed MSP Engineering as its front end engineering and design (FEED) contractor for its Keysbrook mineral sands project south of Perth.
Construction and property development firm Diploma Group has announced a $44 million contract win with Rio Tinto, to build a 244-person camp at Paraburdoo.
The Australian dollar has hit a fresh all-time high against the European currency, fuelled by a disparity between the two economies and monetary policy.
Brian Gilbertson’s Jupiter Mines has raised $40 million through a private placement to advance development at its manganese and iron ore assets in South Africa and Australia, and has revealed plans
Western Australia’s major arts companies led the national pack in generating non-government support last year, more than doubling corporate sponsorship, philanthropy and fundraising event income be
Shares in Seven West Media have fallen nearly five per cent after coming out of a trading halt.At 1058 AEST, Seven West Media was 7.505 cents, or 4.94 per cent, lower at $1.445.
Fairfax Media, which has been battling mining billionaire Gina Rinehart over board representation, has appointed Hungry Jack's founder and Rinehart ally Jack Cowin as an independent director.
The Australian sharemarket has opened more than one per cent higher following positive leads from overseas and a rebound in the local resources sector.
US stocks have climbed for a second straight day amid upbeat earnings reports and after a Federal Reserve report said the economy continued to grow, at least at a modest pace.
The Australian dollar nudged higher today as currency traders remained optimistic that there will be no official interest rate cuts in the near future.
The central bank may be content to sit on the sidelines and not rush in with any further interest rate cuts for now, but newly released housing data is a stark reminder that not all sections of the
Anti-uranium protesters will make the "symbolic gesture" of bashing a bull pinata, representing Toro Energy, outside a uranium conference while the firm's chief is addressing delegates.
Gold miners Norseman Gold and Apex Minerals have announced fundraising plans collectively worth around $23 million as the companies seek to ramp up production at their Western Australian operations
Energy and Minerals Australia stocks have rocketed on the Australian Securities Exchange after the uranium hopeful settled legal matters hanging over its Mulga Rock project in the north east Goldfi
Supermarket private label product sales have grown by an enormous 85 per cent in the past five years and will account for a quarter of the $86 billion Australians spend on groceries in the next yea
Domestic labour will be favoured in the hunt for more than 5000 workers for Chevron's $US29 billion ($28. billion) Wheatstone gas project, the state government says.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has highlighted the potential for the Kimberley region to become the food bowl of Asia on the final leg of a three-day media blitz in the state.
