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Clinton on edge of victoryDemocrat Hillary Clinton appeared to be on the verge of narrowly holding out Republican rival Donald Trump for a historic presidential election w

A couple of Perth micro businesses offer up some entertainment options for summer.

By its very nature, family business has a hybrid identity. And while sometimes this doesn’t work out well, most of the time it does, with 70 per cent of businesses in Australia identifying as part of the grouping.

One of Australia’s best known winemaking families, the Oatley Wine Group, will open a cellar door in the Margaret River region, part of what’s believed to be the largest value sale ever for a winery in Western Australia.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares dipped after the nation's largest lender said a lower net interest margin contributed to its flat first quarter earnings.

Bibra Lake company Airstream has started rolling out a series of wireless control systems for home lighting, reticulation and security as it seeks to stay ahead of competitors in the home automation market.

The Australian share market has closed slightly higher but investors are treading cautiously for fear of a Brexit-like surprise from the US presidential election.

Applecross-based PDC Group has entered into an agreement for the sale of its building information modelling management business to a US construction services firm for an undisclosed sum.

Resolute Mining’s long-serving chairman Peter Huston has announced plans to retire as the gold miner seeks to refresh its board.

With as many as 160,000 apartments to be completed in Australia’s major cities by the end of next year, some forecasters are becoming concerned about ‘settlement risk’.

Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with one of WA’s most successful homebuilders, Dale Alcock, who says a bipartisan political commitment is needed to drive investment and growth in the state.

The company in charge of rolling out the national broadband network says it is well on track towards its long-term goals after adding about 338,000 new homes and businesses to the system in the September quarter.

Plans for an eight-storey apartment development at one of Fremantle's biggest eyesores have been knocked back because the proposal was considered too tall, despite a nine-storey building being located directly across the road.

Engineering and construction contractor Decmil Group has won a $17 million extension to its contract with QGC for work at the Queensland Curtis LNG project in Gladstone.

Altura Mining has attracted a Chinese lithium battery producer for a $41.6 million investment in the business to assist with the development of its Pilgangoora lithium project in the Pilbara.

The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the way Aldi, Coles and Woolworths treat suppliers when dumping products from their supermarket shelves.

The Australian share market is slightly higher after a choppy morning as traders hold positions before US voters head to the polls.

Oil prices have risen more than 1 per cent, supported by a rebound in other asset classes after news that US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will not face charges over her email server use, but gains were capped by a rallying US dollar and doubts over OPEC's planned production cuts.

The Australian dollar has comfortably breached the 77 US cents barrier and also has risen strongly against the yen and the euro on news the FBI had closed its investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server use.

Gold prices have fallen, posting their biggest one-day drop in five weeks as the US dollar and stocks rallied on news Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges over her use of a private email server.

Clinton FBI all-clear lifts marketsAustralia’s sharemarket had its best day in four months and the rest of Asia rallied as the FBI backed off Hillary Clinton and investors

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An industry representative body wants the state government to make it easier for small businesses to tender for contracts.

The State Buildings was named Perth’s best hospitality venue at the 2016 Western Australia Hospitality Awards for Excellence last night. 

Cockram Construction has been awarded a $23.5 million contract for the redevelopment of the Onslow Health Service.

Six south metropolitan councils are formalising a lobby group to push for development of an outer harbour near Kwinana as the March 2017 state election approaches.

Usman Khawaja and Peter Nevill showed admirable resistance on day five of the first Test but couldn't stop South Africa recording a 177-run win over Australia late in the second session at the WACA.

The Australian share market has closed more than one per cent higher as investors speculated that Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the US election had improved.

The first Sunday Times newspaper to be published under ownership of Seven West Media will be printed later this month, after purchase contracts were officially signed today.

The creators of Northbridge-based startup Stuck are hoping to bring uberfication to roadside assistance, with a new app to be launched soon that will match local mechanics with stranded drivers at the push of a button.

Gold Road Resources has entered into a joint venture agreement with South African mining giant Gold Fields for its Gruyere project near Laverton, in a deal worth $350 million plus royalties.

State agreements are not done on a handshake or the back of a serviette – unwinding contracts is a fraught enterprise.