ANALYSIS: WA potash hopefuls may have the backing of some high-profile local mining entrepreneurs, but startup costs and a worldwide product glut are major barriers.
Federal Labor has pledged to hold a royal commission into misconduct in the banking and financial services sectors if the government ignores its call for an inquiry.
Gold has jumped almost two per cent as the dollar fell to a 17-month low against the Japanese yen following minutes from the US Federal Reserve's latest meeting and falling global shares fell rekindled investor appetite for safer assets.
US stocks have dropped as oil prices slid and worries about the global economy resurfaced, dragging down the US dollar against the Japanese yen and causing investors to flee riskier assets.
Malaga-based window blinds manufacturer Kresta Holdings has scaled back its executive team with three roles being made redundant, while its chairman has taken a big pay cut.
The state government has launched a new co-working space designed to give technology-based businesses, startups and educational institutions access to its extensive property data
Global alumina producer Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals has announced contracts for more than $350 million in bauxite exports, but the ore will not be sourced from any of its Western Australian mines.
Perth’s median house price remained stable at $535,000 for the three months to March, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, while reported sales activity in the metro region jumped 15 per cent.
Consumers should expect to pay less for their electricity in the long term as a result of sweeping changes to Western Australia's energy market that aim to slash the cost of supply, Energy Minister Mike Nahan says.
Pilbara Minerals has announced the biggest capital raising by a Western Australian company for 2016, which it will use to fund development of its Pilgangoora lithium project, while also announcing it will put its new Tabba Tabba plant on ice.
Parking facility operators are rarely popular among car drivers and Wilson Parking is no exception, especially given its strong foothold in Perth, where fallen entrepreneur Laurie Wilson started the firm in the 1960s.
Gold has fallen one per cent as a recovery in equities prompted some profit-taking after Tuesday's rally, while minutes of the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting showed concern about "appreciable downside risks" in the global economy.
US stocks advanced bolstered by gains in healthcare shares after the collapse of the $US160 billion ($A212.30 billion) merger of Pfizer and Allergan, and by a rise in energy shares.
Legal collective Francis Burt Chambers has renewed its lease at Allendale Square, signing on for another 15 years at the Mirvac Group-owned CBD office tower.
The auditor general says the state government has made a good start on its $400 million land asset sales program but improvements could be made, following criticism earlier this week that some properties are being sold at a loss.
Roughly four in every five Western Australians feel the state government doesn’t have a suitable plan to pay back debt and recover a AAA credit rating, according to a recent Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA survey.
As this column has mentioned previously, startups and conventional businesses are different in a number of ways, and the ‘first mover advantage’ is one.
