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Adapting services to include new digital platforms is a key focus for the major players in Perth’s communications sector led by Cannings Purple, which has maintained its top spot on the Business News ranking of the state’s largest public and investor relations firms.

The Australian share market is lower after Wall Street closed in positive territory but off its highs following concerns around the FBI raid on an office belonging to President Donald Trump's lawyer.

Telstra warns of record ransomware attacks

Gold prices rose on Monday as the US dollar turned lower, but caution over the prospect of a potential escalation in the China-US trade dispute, upcoming US data and US Federal Reserve meeting minu

The Australian dollar is slightly higher as US stocks rise on the back of easing fears about a trade war between China and the US.

Wall Street has rebounded from last week's trade tariff driven sell-off to open higher, taking comfort in comments from Trump administration officials who stressed the trade dispute with China coul

Mark Creasy-backed Galileo Mining has launched its prospectus to raise up to $15 million via an initial public offering to fund an exploration program across its tenements in the Fraser Range near Norseman.

Australian shares have closed higher on their first day of trading for the week, ignoring China-US trade war fears that contributed to heavy falls on Wall Street last Friday.

Lucapa Diamond Company is planning to launch a follow-up exploration program at its Brooking diamond discovery in Western Australia’s Kimberley region after completing a $16.5 million capital raising.

From basketball to rugby, Nick Marvin has worked for two of the state’s wealthiest businessmen on their sporting projects.

Perth-based Fastbrick Robotics says it is on track to have its commercial prototype Hadrian X bricklaying robot fully assembled by the end of the quarter, with the company expanding its workforce to 140 people to meet its development schedule.

The value of Western Australia-related equity capital markets deals jumped to $4.2 billion in the March quarter, helped to a large degree by a handful of large transactions.

SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate advisory firm Argonaut had a lead role in two of the most hotly contested takeover battles in WA in recent times.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ten years after completing a company-defining acquisition, remote power operator Pacific Energy has struck another similar deal.

Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan has suggested a summer ban on livestock exports after video emerged showing sheep dying in extreme heat and filth on a Middle East-bound vessel.

Westgold Resources Limited is pleased to advise that completion of the sale of the South Kalgoorlie Operations (SKO) to Northern Star Resources Limited as announced on 8 March 2018 occurred on 29 M

Diversified mining services company Mineral Resources has announced plans to acquire Atlas Iron in a scrip deal that values the iron ore miner at $280 million.

Former defence minister and senator for Western Australia David Johnston has been appointed Australia’s first defence export advocate, after the federal government committed to spend an additional $20 million every year to support the sector.

Shares in local tech company Hazer Group have sunk after the company announced on Friday that founder and managing director Geoff Pocock, and non-executive director Terry Walsh have resigned.

Local engineering company Lycopodium has been awarded a contract for design work at Nzuri Copper’s Kalongwe operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Australian share market has opened lower after Wall Street fell following sluggish jobs data and escalating trade tensions between the US and China.

Oil prices fell about two per cent after US President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on China, reigniting fears of a trade war between the world's two largest economies that could hurt global

Gold prices rose on Friday, as Wall Street stocks tumbled and the dollar fell as rhetoric from US.

Markets face trade war fallout

The Australian dollar is slightly higher despite heavy falls on Wall Street on Friday.

The director general of the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Stephen Wood, will be leaving his job next week, after the government said it was not satisfied with his management of the tourism portfolio.

The Australian share market has closed flat after a choppy session dominated by US President Donald Trump's threat to slap even more trade tariffs on China.

Perth's largest urban planning firm, TPG + Place Match, has sought to reposition itself in the market with a new direction and name – Element.

The directors of Mineral Resources and Altura Mining have enjoyed solid growth in the value of their shares over the past month, according to data on Director Shareholdings tracked by Business News.

Construction veteran Harry Xydas has created a new holding company to own Doric and its sister company Jaxon, after he moved to full ownership of both businesses.

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