Oil rose 3.3 per cent on Tuesday to the highest close in more than a month, a day after US oil producer Anadarko said it would cut capital spending plans and Saudi Arabia vowed to reduce crude exports to help curb global oversupply.
Fleetwood Corporation has adopted a new constitution that will make it easier for it to pay dividends, after pressure was applied by an activist shareholder group earlier this year.
The Australian share market has closed higher as bargain-hunting investors ignored a mixed lead from US markets and lifted most stocks across the board.
Land prices in Perth increased by 3.7 per cent in the June quarter, the latest sign of positive movement in the property sector, according to the Urban Development Institute of Australia WA.
About a quarter of ASX floats in the six months to June were undertaken by Western Australian companies, but the total amount raised is falling according to a new report.
Eastern Goldfields has poured first gold at its Davyhurst operation near Kalgoorlie, amid a looming court battle against the project’s refurbishment contractor, GR Engineering Services.
Shares in Cola-Cola Amatil have fizzled following news Woolworths will pull all but two of the beverage giant's Mount Franklin water products from shelves.
One of WA's biggest egg producers has been slugged more than $1 million after it deceived shoppers by falsely labelling some of its products free range, and consumer class action may follow.
The Australian share market has lifted in early trade, bouncing back from its previous session's losses, with investors also shrugging off mixed results on Wall Street overnight.
HBF to close branches in cost-cutting moveHBF is closing three of its 20 branches and dumping its longrunning hospital liaison service as part of new chief John Van Der
Oil has risen more than 1 per cent, after leading OPEC producer Saudi Arabia pledged to cut exports in August to help reduce the global crude glut, and Halliburton Co's executive chairman said the US shale drilling boom would probably ease next year.
Gold prices have pared gains as the US dollar has turned slightly higher, after bullion rose to a one-month high as political turmoil in the United States boosted sentiment ahead of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting this week.
Pilbara Minerals has signed-off four major contracts for its Pilgangoora lithium project, with RCR Tomlinson, NRW Holdings, Action Industrial Catering and the Njamal traditional owners winning the lion’s share of the work.
Conrad Crisafulli, who was one of the pioneers of venture capital investing and technology commercialisation in Western Australia, has died after a long illness.
Graphex Mining has tapped investors for $2.6 million as it moves ahead with development of its Chilalo graphite project in Tanzania, amid legislative changes to how the country’s government receives mining royalties.
The administrators of Paladin Energy have entered into an agreement with Deutsche Bank to refinance some of the troubled uranium miner’s debt and fund ongoing work at the Langer Heinrich mine in Namibia.
Newcrest Mining has posted a 2.4 per cent drop in full-year gold production driven by lower output at its Cadia mine in NSW, which was shut after an earthquake in April.
Westpac has entered into exclusive discussions with property giant Charter Hall Group to sell its infrastructure investment business Hastings Management.
The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, dragged down by the big four banks and the energy sector on the back of a steep slump in commodity prices.
WA pastoralists keen on carbon-farming schemePastoralists have called on the State Government to help them take part in a Federal Government carbon-farming scheme that could be worth hundr
