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The owner of Pizza Hut and KFC has proposed to acquire ASX-listed hospitality software company Dragontail Systems.

There’s strong interest from potential offtake partners for a Mid West urea plant, Strike Energy said today, while it works on deals for water and port access.

Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy is suing Sino Iron and Korean Steel over an alleged $27.3 million debt stemming from a 15-year-old mining lease agreement.

A 50 megawatt solar farm could be installed at Woodside’s Pluto plant near Karratha.

The City of Rockingham is facing the potential loss of one of its iconic natives.

The Commonwealth Bank has bought stakes in an online shopping group and power retailer as it tries to keep pace with innovative online rivals.

Como-based Dacian Gold has completed a share placement to accelerate a significant drilling program across the company’s Mt Morgans and Redcliffe operations in WA.

The search for a missing worker at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi mine in Ghana is ongoing, following an underground collapse last week.

New figures suggest next week's crucial economic growth figures will get a major boost from business investment and finalise a complete recovery from last year's recession.

Premier Mark McGowan has announced that WA will enforce a hard border with Victoria as the state plunges into a seven-day lockdown.

Financial regulator ASIC is taking wealth manager AMP to court for selling life insurance to dead people – one of the controversies from the banking royal commission.

Australia has backed Joe Biden's calls for a fresh investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

Future Fund warns of rising inflation

BHP has provided an insight into modern mining, highlighting the role played by mathematicians and data scientists while revealing it faces a shortage of old-fashioned trades like train drivers.

In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt McKenzie discuss quantum computing, what it means for WA, and what it means for the world.

Talk of rate rises from New Zealand's central bank and falling iron ore prices have prompted investors to send Australia's share market lower.

The shift to working from home amid COVID-19 lockdowns has highlighted the need for better-designed spaces.

Technology is elevating the architectural experience.

Perth entrepreneurs and their teams are getting ready for this year’s Plus Eight Accelerator.

A report into Christine Holgate's acrimonious departure from Australia Post has called for the prime minister to apologise and the chairman to resign.

HBF's membership is set to exceed 1 million with the acquisition of CUA Health later this year.

Canada-based nickel miner Noront Resources has confirmed it has received an acquisition proposal from Andrew Forrest-chaired mining vehicle Wyloo Metals.

Commonwealth Bank shares have traded for $100 for the first time since the bank joined the market in 1991.

Metals X has agreed to the sale and spinout of its entire nickel portfolio, in line with the company’s plans to focus on the development of its tin assets.

A decision on upgrading the Royal Australian Navy's Collins Class submarines will be made next month, a parliamentary hearing has been told.

Preventing workplace sexual harassment requires action from leadership.

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In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Mark Beyer discuss growth and competition in the legal sector, as well as the establishment of new firms.

Victorians arriving in WA will now be required to undergo testing and quarantine until they return a negative result, as Melbourne's COVID-19 cluster grows to nine.

Mining giants thrived despite continued falling iron ore prices, and Commonwealth Bank shares set a record price, in a wide-ranging rally on the ASX.

CBH Group has appointed its chief operating officer Ben Macnamara as acting chief executive after the resignation of Jimmy Wilson earlier this month.

A huge supercomputer is planned in Geraldton by ASX-listed DUG Technology, with an intended capacity of 200 petaflops and adding to the pipeline of new compute power in WA.