Wesfarmers and Woodside Petroleum have continued to lead the rebound in value of Western Australian listed companies, delivering a combined increase in capitalisation of more than $5 billion during March.
The Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to cut the official cash rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3 per cent has been hailed as a "very smart" move by economists.
Specialist cigar business, Devlin's Cigar Divan, will be forced to close its Perth and Subiaco stores if an amendment to tobacco laws is passed by parliament.
A shortage of industrial land throughout Perth has both national and international companies considering a relocation to Balcatta as an industrial site is sold for more than $7 million.
Substantial growth in the state is projected to return in the medium to long term following a decline in demand over the next few years, a new study has revealed.
East Perth-based Coretrack has teamed up with two international petroleum companies, Halliburton/DBA and Baker Hughes INTEQ, to advance its "intelligent" core-drilling technology for the oil and gas industry.
West Perth-based Equinox Minerals expects to raise around $181 million through an equity offering to investors with funds to be applied to the Lumwana copper project and to strengthen its capital position.
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Controversy over last year's disastrous BrisConnection's float has prompted market regulators to change rules governing partly paid securities, imposing a new requirement for an agreement to be signed between a broker and a retail investor.
Perth-based Mawson West plans to delist from the Australian stock market after major shareholders said the explorer would be better off as an unlisted public company.
Minara Resources says an increase in the price of nickel may be the reason behind a 29 per cent share price jump today, after it received its second query from the market regulator in less than a fortnight.
Around 35 per cent of respondents to a national survey of building and construction companies believe the federal government's $42 billion stimulus package will have no impact on business.
Job advertisements on the internet and newspapers in Western Australia have slumped 67 per cent since November 2007 as employers across the country cut back their hiring intentions in March, an ANZ survey has found.
GRD Minproc, a subsidiary of Perth-based GRD, will conduct both the prefeasibility and definitive feasibility studies for Extract Resources' Rossing South uranium project in Namibia.
The state government has claimed Cabinet confidentiality in its refusal to release the State Infrastructure Strategy despite the opposition's claims it will cause business confidence to continue to drop.
As part of efforts to ramp up exploration work at its Kintyre uranium project in Western Australia, Canadian miner Cameco has opened a Perth office and appointed Ron Matthews as managing director.
Less than a week after securing a deal to build the largest catamaran ferry in the company's history, Austal has secured a second ferry contract valued at $106 million.
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The Salaries and Allowances Tribunal has recommended that salaries of senior public servants be frozen at current levels because of the "critical economic position that the community presently faces".
The state government's $80 million initiative to increase mineral and petroleum exploration will include six different programs including a co-funded program with industry for innovative drilling technologies.
Woodside Petroleum has awarded a $120 million contract to Kwinana engineering and fabrication company AusGroup to provide construction support services for the Pluto liquefied natural gas project.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA has expressed concern over what it says is the watering down of powers of the new building and construction industry watchdog and the penalties it can impose.
The Masters Builders Association says house prices and the costs of commercial construction will rise following amendments to redundancy provisions in the sector.
Hundreds of employment service providers across Australia have lost their government contracts, forcing thousands of staff to join dole queues with their clients.
Mount Gibson Iron says it has resolved a dispute with one of its offtake customers, which failed to collect iron ore cargoes allocated to it under its long-term contract.
The corporate watchdog says it will ask the Federal Court to consider disqualifying Andrew Forrest from acting as a director as legal proceedings involving Fortescue Metals Group is set to start on Monday.
In another blow to staff at Fairfax Media, one of its regional newspapers, The Golden Mail has closed its doors after 12 years of publishing the weekly newspaper in Kalgoorlie, forcing staff members to seek employment elsewhere.
Shares in West Perth-based Emerald Oil & Gas have risen after the company produced first commercial gas from its Appalachian project in the United States.
Centamin Egypt has entered into an agreement with Macquarie Bank for a $US25 million ($A35 million) loan facility for the development of its Sukari gold project.
