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CPB Contractors has failed in its application for an injunction against engineering group JKC Australia, which is claiming $39.2 million of liquidated damages related to work on the Ichthys LNG project.

A major Malaysian property developer is eyeing Perth as a launchpad for an entry into the Australian market, off the back of a $14 million acquisition of a development site in Leederville.

Fresh research shows apartment residents are increasingly moving towards larger dwellings, but one of the city’s top sales executives says there remains a market for all apartment types.

The Australian share market has closed higher, boosted by positive overseas leads and a lift in the price of iron ore.

In this Business News podcast, Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss 457 visas, chief executive salaries, Chinese investment in WA and the state of the construction industry.

OPINION: Colin Barnett has decided to stay on as the member for Cottesloe, but how for long is another matter.

The recently recruited global sales manager of Perth engineering company VEEM has been forced to resign after his former employer took Supreme Court action, claiming he breached terms of his employment agreement.

Students and hospitality workers are the key cohorts first targeted by new mobile apps GoCasual and Squaddle, both of which have been developed by Perth startups.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with RAC head Terry Agnew to discuss his long career in the sector and the future of motoring.

A Perth real estate agent who forged signatures on fake contracts to pocket $30,000 has been banned from working in the industry for 15 years.

Chevron Australia has lost its appeal of a 2015 Federal Court ruling regarding the company’s financial and taxation relationship with its US parent, although the company has not ruled out a High Court appeal.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is again lifting mortgage rates for investor and interest-only loans, by as much as half a percentage point.

Two days after Magnum Gas & Power ended plans to acquire private company Bombora Natural Energy, Perth-based Zeta Petroleum has revealed its own merger plans with the target.

A Chinese consortium is set to take control of the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline and several power stations across WA after regulators and shareholders today approved the $7.5 billion takeover of listed company DUET Group.

Woolworths can press ahead with the sale of Masters' property assets after winning a stoush with former US joint venture partner Lowe's.

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The Australian share market is trading solidly higher after better-than-expected company earnings reports bolstered Wall Street's key indexes.

House wars: Labor to hit super fundsSelf-managed superannuation funds would be banned from borrowing money and foreign investors buying residential property face higher

The Australian dollar is modestly higher against its US counterpart with investors seemingly willing to take on greater risks.

Oil prices have ended mixed after a seesaw trading session, as investors weighed rising US production against geopolitical uncertainties and comments from leading Gulf oil producers that an extension to OPEC-led supply cuts was likely.

Gold has steadied after its biggest one-day drop in more than six weeks, with a retreat in the US dollar arresting the slide, though moves were muted as markets await the outcome of the looming French presidential election.

Thomas Building has won the contract for the construction of Griffin Group’s 204 Walcott development in Menora. The building consists of 11 apartments, six offices, and a café.

National Storage REIT intends to acquire two properties in Perth for a combined $17 million while confirming plans to develop two further sites, believed to be at Yanchep and Martin.

Newly appointed chief executives in WA are on substantially lower salary packages compared with recent years, a Business News survey has found. 

The Chinese company angling to buy a 50 per cent stake in the Kalgoorlie super pit has reportedly dropped the $US1.3 billion bid due to more rigid Chinese controls on capital outflows, while its bid to buy Southern Cross gold mine owner Hanking Australia has been completed.

The share market has broken a three session losing streak as investors returned to the major banks, and a telco sector where Telstra is facing new competition.

The evolution of The Western Australian Club’s former premises at 101 St Georges Terrace is continuing, with Guylian Belgian Chocolates to open a cafe in the historic building next month.

The state government has taken control of the trouble-plagued Perth Children’s Hospital to solve what it believes is the cause of the ongoing lead contamination problem.

OPINION: During the state election campaign, Mark McGowan said his government would repay the state’s debt as though it were a home mortgage; now, unfortunately, he is experiencing the equivalent of mortgage stress, which comes with taking on too much debt without enough income to service it.

Troubled tech company 1-Page has announced its recently appointed chief executive, Peter Kent, has left the company along with co-founder Patrick Riley, ahead of a shareholder meeting in three weeks.

Carnegie Clean Energy has tripled the size of its capital raising to $18 million after accepting oversubscriptions from a share purchase plan and undertaking an additional placement.

E-commerce giant Amazon has confirmed it will launch its full retail offering in Australia and is inviting local retailers to sign up.