Demand for financial, retail and energy stocks is driving the Australian share market higher as investors play catch-up following the Australia Day public holiday.
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The three international vendors that won the state government’s landmark GovNext contract say the initiative will provide local information and communication technology businesses with opportunities to share in the work.
The Australian dollar is lower against the US dollar which has rebounded from a seven-week low on traders' optimism spurred by US president Donald Trump's infrastructure spending plans.
Gold has fallen to a two-week low as the US dollar firms, US Treasury bond yields rise and equity markets rally, but expectations that the greenback's climb may be coming to an end has helped limit losses.
Oil prices have jumped two per cent, boosted by the ongoing rally in the US stock market, although gains in crude futures were capped by plentiful supplies and bulging inventories in spite of efforts by producers to cut output.
US stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors paused following a two-day rally that pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 20,000 mark, while the latest wave of earnings rolled in.
The Royal Automobile Club of WA and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA have both welcomed an election pledge by Premier Colin Barnett to spend $520 million upgrading a freight rail line between Thornlie and Cockburn to enable passenger service.
The second-hand car business was revolutionised 20 years ago with the arrival of the internet, but there is a second revolution under way that promises to be even more disruptive and could have a significant effect on some of Western Australia’s best-known car yards.
Construction of two aged care facilities in Perth's southern suburbs will begin soon, with Absecon and Adco Constructions recently winning contracts for the work.
The head contractor building the new Perth Children’s Hospital dropped a bombshell this morning, with the project’s manager saying the company is not responsible for the lead-contaminated water, and that water being delivered to the site already contains the harmful metal.
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A Perth car dealership employee has been fined $9,500 over the death of a workmate who was hit by a vehicle and dragged underneath when the offender accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake.
Gold miners operating in Western Australia performed solidly in the three months to December, with Northern Star Resources, Independence Group and Evolution Mining all posting strong results.
Higher fuel and domestic holiday travel costs have contributed to a 0.4 per cent rise in Perth prices in the December quarter, while national inflation remains below the Reserve Bank's target, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ most recent data.
Perth-based Pacific Energy has won a contract to build and operate a five-megawatt power station at a gold mine near Meekatharra for an undisclosed sum.
BHP Billiton's iron ore production jumped 9 per cent during the December quarter with nickel production up by 18 per cent, helping the resources giant maintain its guidance for the full year.
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Downsizing in the resources sector is outstripping emerging demand from technology, medical and education businesses for CBD office space according to a new report by independent property research firm Y Research.
The Australian dollar is slightly higher against its US counterpart, which recouped losses suffered following US president Donald Trump's protectionist comments.
Gold has fallen nearly one per cent, sliding from a two-month peak as investors take stock of US President Donald Trump's first policy moves and the US dollar stabilises after plumbing seven-week lows.
Oil prices had edged higher ahead of weekly US inventory data on evidence the global market is tightening as lower production by OPEC and other exporters drains stocks.
The collapse of yet another Western Australian residential builder appears set to further upset the delicate state of the sector, with financiers, insurers, 350 trade creditors and as many as 130 home owners facing losses.
The Australian share market has closed higher as positive news from steelmaker BlueScope Steel and medical device maker ResMed buoyed investors ahead of the main company earnings season in February.
A higher iron ore price has helped Atlas Iron post operating cash flow of $58 million in the December quarter, as the company maintained that it would reach a net cash position by the middle of the year.
Copper-gold miner Sandfire Resources says it plans to use its strong cash position to pay off what remains of a $380 million facility it took out for construction of its DeGrussa mine in 2011.
