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Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has backed away from earlier pledges to increase dividends but still predicts a decent increase in earnings this year.

Big businesses are not buying influence when they pay $25,000 a year to be a member of the state Liberal Party's fundraising club, says Premier Colin Barnett.

Australia's economy could be at risk as Europe's debt crisis threatens China's export markets, the World Bank says.

NRW Holdings has won a $129 million contract win for BHP Billiton Iron Ore’s Port Hedland inner harbour expansion.

Job advertisements on the internet fell by seven per cent last month, new federal government figures show.

The Australian share market opened lower after two days of gains, with losses across most sectors after mixed offshore leads.

Myer's third quarter sales have fallen and the department store chain has downgraded its forecast for full year net profit.

US stocks have given up early gains and finished mostly flat as investors dump Facebook shares for a second straight day amid new controversy about the company's $US16 billion IPO.

Mount Gibson Iron has completed its upgrade of port and rail facilities at Geraldton.

Union leader Paul Howes wants the federal government to pull banks into line on interest rates by forcing them to match the central bank's rate moves.

Attila Resources shares have rocketed on the Australian Securities Exchange, after the Perth-based miner announced it had signed an option to acquire a 70 per cent interest in Alabama-based Kodiak

The Australian dollar has continued to climb higher, on positive commentary from the euro zone and China.

The Australian share market continued its second consecutive day of recovery from last week's carnage, driven by overnight offshore leads.

Billionaire Stan Perron has had a win over fellow magnates Gina Rinehart and Angela Bennett, with the parties agreeing to settle their stoush over Pilbara mining royalties outside of Western Austra

Goldfields Credit Union has made its debut Australian Securities Exchange as Goldfields Money, after raising $9 million through an initial public offering.

The federal government has rubbished an opposition claim that councils haven't been given enough time to prepare for the impact of the carbon tax on their landfill sites.

Leighton Holdings' board has met with angry shareholders at the company's annual general meeting as they were forced to explain recent downgrading of their profit forecasts.

The dispute between unions and miner BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at seven central Queensland mines could escalate.

GrainCorp expects another large national harvest after a bumper crop helped lift first half profit by more than 50 per cent and upgraded its full year profit forecast.

Hancock Prospecting subsidiary Roy Hill Holdings has awarded a construction contract, believed to be worth $46 million, to Perkins Builders for a new corporate headquarters and remote operations ce

Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson hopes more Australian mining companies will set up operations in Latin America.

The state government is calling for hotel developers for a 7,300 square metre site on Hay Street in Perth’s CBD, the first land released under its hotel incentives scheme.

Eureka Energy says Aurora Oil & Gas has no grounds to withdraw its takeover offer, despite the suitor admitting its lawyers were looking at the possibility of dropping the bid over concerns wit

Port Hedland mayor Kelly Howlett has been selected by the state Labor Party to take on Nationals leader Brendon Grylls at the state election in March.

Qantas Airways is splitting its international and domestic operations into two separate businesses from July.

Is the window really closing on new investment in Western Australia’s iron ore industry, or are BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto playing their old game of making life tough for junior miners and anyone e

Australian stocks have opened higher, as market players took their cues from a positive night on Wall Street.

The domestic economy might be still chugging along but small business is missing out on investment opportunities as they worry about the wider global outlook.

The Australian dollar has headed back above 99.00 US cents amid optimism that a new approach to the euro zone government debt crisis will work.

US shares have racked up strong gains with the Nasdaq adding nearly 2.5 per cent helped by an Apple surge, but Facebook shares flipped below their IPO price on their first full day of trading.

Agribusiness and automotive interiors supplier Elders has returned to profitability, boosted by a large tax win.

Industrial emissions are already threatening Western Australia's rock art-rich Burrup Peninsula, where a new $US800 million ($A815.87 million) ammonium nitrate plant will be built, Greens