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Industrial services company Spotless Group has received an increased takeover bid from private equity group Pacific Equity Partners (PEP).

The Australian stock market has opened more than 2.5 per cent higher with resources and banking among the best performers in response to a positive session on Wall Street.

The Australian dollar opened strongly this morning following announcement of a plan by the world's central banks to boost liquidity in the shadow of the eurozone debt crisis.

US stocks have soared by four per cent after major central banks joined hands to ensure commercial banks would not be undermined by market worries over the eurozone crisis.

Port Authorities have warned that further industrial action at Fremantle Port could lead to lasting ill-effects on the national economy.

Latin Resources shares have rocketed after the company announced China-backed Junefield Holdings had taken a 16.8 per cent stake in the company after executing two agreements worth a combined $52 m

Nickel miner Western Areas has agreed on key terms with China’s Jinchuan Group to sell up to 15,000 tonnes of nickel concentrate over the next year.

Perth-based coal miner Kangaroo Resources has signed a 5-year, $US270 million mining services contract with contractor PT Putra Perkasa Abadi for its Mamahak coal project in Indonesia.

A moratorium has been recommended for all future coal seam gas (CSG) projects until further research is carried out and the approval process tightened to cover such issues as how salt will be dispo

Australian shares closed marginally higher after fresh domestic economic data boosted sentiment, while there was opportunistic buying in industrial stocks.

Difficult sharemarket conditions have come home to roost at C @, with the Mongolia-focused coal explorer slashing the price of its capital raising activities by half.

The nation's peak business group has called on the federal coalition to work with the minority Labor government to head off "retrograde" Greens policies on industrial relations.

Premier Colin Barnett has denied a senior public servant is taking the fall for Environment Minister Bill Marmion over the Margaret River bushfire.

The minority government in federal parliament has thrown another curve ball with the appointment of the new speaker of the house.

It’s not only Liberal state premiers who are making Julia Gillard’s life tough when it comes to the mining tax.

In time, faceless proxy vigilantes could destabilise boards to suit their own agenda.

Remuneration reports are deeply flawed but with some redesign could deliver much more useful information to shareholders.

Shares in Aquila Resources rose after the coal miner received conditional approval from the federal government for its first ever iron ore mine.

Amid all the noise about skills shortages is a long-term challenge about how business will meet its future staffing needs.

The carbon cops are about to hit the streets, so businesses need to be prepared.

Michael Cheang is sticking to the plan at Frisk Espresso, which transforms from a coffee shop by day into an intimate bar and lounge by night. Carolyn Herbert reports.

SHELL Australia has announced increased funding to support education across Australia.

CHRISTMAS shopping may be top of mind for many in Perth as we enter December, but for a number of organisations this time of year is all about the Christmas appeal.

BASED in the South West and with film titles including ‘Finnsurf’, ‘Come Hell or High Water’, and ‘Minds in the Water’ in its line up for next year, the Yallingup Surfilm Festival is pitching to th

'Jeffrey, come down to the office, there is a guy here who has cookies for you. They’re those Biscoff cookies, the ones that you like.’

MEDIC Technology International directors Michael and Shirley Hawker are proof that it’s never too late to get involved in a new business venture.

In today’s networked economy, having a brilliant, visionary leader alone isn’t enough to keep a company growing.

The state government has moved to regulate the increasingly complex role of strata property managers and enhance protections for the growing number of strata property owners.

THE East Perth Redevelopment Authority’s veteran chief executive, Tony Morgan, is expected to lead the state government’s newly formed Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) in the new year.

The controversial subject of high CEO salaries at state government agencies appears to have gone off the boil as a policy to rein in remuneration appears to have helped stop surprise jumps in pay p

THIS year’s salary survey shows that it’s not just the chief executives at the top end of town who have mouth-watering incomes.

Changes to Wesfarmers’ remuneration policies have shone a bright light on the company’s results.