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BWP Trust, the owner of a $1.3 billion portfolio of Bunnings Warehouse stores, has announced a 14 per cent dip in profits for the past financial year.

The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has announced a year-long trial of a hybrid bus to run along inner city CAT routes.

The Australian sharemarket ended the week on a negative note following the release of disappointing Chinese trade data which signalled further weakness in the global economy.

Offshore engineering group AME has launched a specialist offshoot to recruit and train tradespeople for the oil and gas sector.

Property management and development company Goodman Group is looking to expand into South America as it posts a full year profit of $408.3 million.

The federal government faces another tussle with the Australian Greens over a cut in the corporate tax rate, if the reduction is funded by reducing research and development (R&D) tax concession

Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has used a visit to the University of WA to announce increased aid to help African nations develop their mining industries, which he said was a much better way of

ANZ has left its variable interest rates on hold at 6.8 per cent after its monthly review.

The forecast pace of growth in the Australian economy for 2012 is better than previously expected, but problems in the euro zone threaten to crash the party, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.

Federal resources and energy minister Martin Ferguson has stepped up Canberra's criticism of state government policy, calling for regulatory changes in the WA energy market and privatisation of ene

A second former AWB executive has been fined and temporarily banned from corporate management over the Iraqi kickbacks scandal.

Casino operator Crown's full year profit grew by 53 per cent as revenue from its Australian operations increased on the previous year.

The Australian stock market has opened slightly higher after the New York stock exchange closed on a flat trading day.

The Australian dollar is slightly lower after weak Chinese industrial production figures disappointed markets.

US stocks ended flat after a seesaw day of trade, uninspired by modestly promising US jobs and trade data.

A dispute between Cape Lambert Resources and the Metallurgical Corporation of China over an $80 million payment stemming from the 2008 sale of a magnetite project near Karratha has been referred to

The Australian dollar is more than half a US cent higher, following the release solid job figures.

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says its acquisition of BankWest saved the Australian economy from a major financial shock during the global downturn.

Navigator Resources has confirmed its mystery takeover bidder as Singapore's LionGold Corporation.

The Australian share market has closed marginally lower as investors took a breather from this week's run upwards.

Higher and more volatile funding costs for banks have contributed to higher interest rates than the cash rate, the central bank says.

Former AWB managing director Andrew Lindberg has been fined $100,000 and banned from managing companies for two years over the Iraqi kickbacks scandal.

Business groups welcome new prospects for a corporate tax cut after this year's false promise, but they fear it could come at a painful cost in other areas.

Perth-based iron ore junior Coziron Resources is considering going to the market to boost its coffers by between $15 million and $20 million, after appointing broker Renaissance Securities to manag

Philippines-based resources and construction giant DMCI Holdings has made a £49.8 million ($73.6 million) takeover offer for ASX and London AIM-listed nickel explorer ENK.

If drinking and talking shop were an Olympic sport, Kalgoorlie's Diggers and Dealers conference would be a gold medal event.

Property developer and funds manager Aspen Group has borrowed $35 million from joint venture partner Telstra Super, in order to “undertake the realisation of value” from its interest in the under-c

The Western Australian Greens have chosen a small business owner in Broome to battle for a seat brimming with hot issues in the next state election.

The latest job figures show Australia's economy is more resilient than expected, the federal government says.

Hancock Prospecting's chief development officer, John Klepec, has hit out at the federal government's treatment of business in Australia while accepting the top award at Diggers and Dealers on beha

The takeover battle for Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) has stepped up with pipeline operator APA Group increasing its offer.

Investors have welcomed Regis Resources' plan to expand into NSW, pushing its share price to record highs after the gold miner said it would use scrip to pay $150 million for the McPhillamys projec