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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.

Mineral sands miner MZI Resources has announced the resignation of both its managing director and chief operating officer, while finalising a $US16 million loan deal.

Brisbane-based Sentinel Property Group has added Port Hedland Boulevard to its portfolio, buying the Woolworths-anchored shopping centre for $18 million.

The government’s failure to explain some fundamental details of its innovation plan has raised questions.

SPECIAL REPORT: Local developer and syndicator Primewest joined the list of Western Australia’s top three office landlords following its $113 million purchase of a 50 per cent stake in Exchange Tower.

Graphite explorer Metals of Africa has announced a $9 million capital raising and rebranding plans, with the company to change its name to ‘Battery Minerals Limited’.

SPECIAL REPORT: Perth’s suburban office market is becoming as patchy as that in the CBD, with Joondalup and Fremantle emerging as the only upcoming opportunities for new developments.

SPECIAL REPORT: New office development is grinding to a halt, but landlords are nonetheless aggressive in attempts to attract tenants to the city.