West Perth-based technology company DownUnder GeoSolutions has appointed former WA chief justice Wayne Martin as chair, as it pursues international growth off the back of its high-powered computing facilities.
Australia's consumer watchdog has raised concerns over the proposed acquisition of mortgage aggregator Connective by Perth-based Australian Finance Group, as the merged group will have nearly 40 per cent market share.
Henderson-based Civmec has reported a 38.7 per cent rise in net profit to $8.1 million for the six months to December, sending its shares nearly 9 per cent higher at the market open.
DXN has signed a purchase agreement with telco services provider TasmaNet to acquire its data centre in Hobart, while announcing plans to raise $6 million to fund the acquisition.
Vitamin company Blackmores has scrapped its interim dividend and slashed its full-year profit guidance, blaming it on adverse costs and the coronavirus outbreak.
Methodist Ladies College has taken a step to balance traditional teaching practices with innovative learning by creating a new role for 2020 and beyond: director of innovation.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's mortgage lending surge has underpinned an expectation-defying first-half result, even as the lender feels the heat from regulatory costs and a bushfire-related rise in loan impairments.
Oil prices have edged up from 13-month lows as the number of new coronavirus cases slows in China, easing some concern over the potential for lengthy oil demand destruction.
Gold prices have dipped as the US dollar held firm and investors opted for riskier assets after a fall in the number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in China eased some of fears over global economic impact.
Half price TAFE fees have led to a 20 per cent increase in student enrolments this year, particularly in engineering, cyber security and early childhood courses.
Construction will start within weeks at Iris Residential's $50 million One Mabel Park boutique apartments complex in Jolimont, with Pindan appointed to carry out the works.
Emerald Clinics and Little Green Pharma have both completed their initial public offerings ahead of stock market listings this month, with Emerald getting ready for its ASX debut tomorrow.
Shares in Northern Star Resources have continued their steady recovery back towards record levels after the gold miner reported improved half-year profits, declared higher dividends and foreshadowed further growth.
The state government has appointed an industry reference group to develop a growth plan for WA's health and medical life sciences sector to be chaired by Peter Klinken.
Electricity provider Horizon Power has been fined $40,000 for incorrect work in Kununurra, causing a fire and telecommunications equipment at various properties to become potentially unsafe.
New housing finance data is painting a positive picture for Western Australia's residential property sector, with both the value and the number of loans increasing in the last three months of 2019.
Rio Tinto has contracted New Zealand business Scott Technology to build an automated mine site laboratory for its Koodaideri iron ore project in the Pilbara.
Telecommunications provider Norwood Systems has announced it will deliver value-added mobile network services to New Zealand telco Spark, in what the company is positioning as the first step in a strategy to provide its own network to telecom service providers.
CIMIC Group's specialist business UGL has secured $450 million in oil and gas contracts, including with Chevron for work at its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG facilities in Western Australia.
Primewest is diversifying its portfolio into agricultural assets, fresh from announcing it would spin-out five office properties in Perth and Brisbane into a new ASX-listed trust.
Suncorp's net profit from continuing operations fell 7.2 per cent to $348 million during the first half, weighed down by a surge of bushfire and hailstorm claims.
Oil prices fell overnight to their lowest level since December 2018 on weaker Chinese demand in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak and as traders waited to see if Russia would join other producers in seeking further output cuts.
The price of gold rose to its highest level in a week on Monday as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed and investors sought safe haven from the economic impact.
PSC Insurance Group has purchased Perth-based Ultimate Safety Solutions Australia (USSA) and the majority of shares in Eden Software, which owns USSA's SafeX technology, for an upfront payment of $700,000.
Julian Wright has commenced legal action in the Supreme Court, claiming he was defrauded when he sold his share of the family company to his siblings, 'rich listers' Angela Bennett and the late Michael Wright.
