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Wall Street has ended the first quarter with a whimper after a seven-week rally that rescued the S&P 500 from its worst start to a year since 2009.

A weaker US dollar has driven a rally in mining and banking stocks and pushed the share market to its best session in four weeks.

Workers at one of Macmahon Holdings’ operations in Nigeria have launched strike action after disputing end-of-project redundancy payments.

Metals X has acquired Kidman Resources’ Gunga gold project near Kalgoorlie in a deal worth up to $2.5 million.

Southern Cross Care’s plans to create an aged care facility at the old Kaleeya Hospital have potentially hit a stumbling block, with the proposal considered to be against Town of East Fremantle pla

Latest demographic data as at September 30 2015 indicates WA’s population continues to slow. 

Education provider Navitas has reaffirmed its full-year $163 million earnings guidance after reporting flat overall student enrolment numbers for the first semester of the year.

Competition in Perth’s on-demand transport sector is growing, with a new local player, Shofer, entering the market today to battle disruptive giant Uber and the existing taxi industry.

Alcoa of Australia has agreed to sell its stake in DBP, the owner and operator of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP), to DUET Group for $205 million.

Western Areas and Panoramic Resources have announced plans to raise a combined $80.7 million from investors to continue work at their respective nickel operations in Western Australia.

The Australian share market has opened strongly, with gains across the board, led by mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

US stocks have ploughed further into positive territory for 2016, helped for a second session by comments from Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen that eased anxiety about potential interest rate hikes.

WTC plans Perth twin towers

Gold has fallen more than one per cent as a rally in higher-risk assets such as equities prompts investors to cash in gains sparked by the Federal Reserve chair's cautious tone on rate rises.

The Australian dollar has popped above 77 US cents as a dovish posture from the US central bank continues to rattle the greenback.

The Kailis family has folded its Kailis Bros seafood business into a larger, newly-capitalised venture called KB Foods that will be 90 per cent owned by Hong Kong-listed conglomerate Legend Holdings. Click through to see the multiple WA businesses owned by members of the Kailis family in WA. 

PENALTY rates are a common frustration for many retail and hospitality businesses, but it’s surprising to find they adversely affect even that most transient of enterprises – the food van.

AS contributions to science go, the Busselton Health Study is among Western Australia’s most significant offerings.

As the politics washes through changes to the healthcare sector, charitable providers have restructured to remain relevant.

ANZ Banking Group will refund about $5 million to around 25,000 customers, including pensioners, after botching their account fees.

A planning stoush is emerging in the City of Belmont over the proposed closure of Brearley Avenue, with residents, landowners and businesses lobbying the council to reconsider its plans.

The chairman of Frankland River Olive Company looks set to wholly acquire and privatise the business, after Paul Letari increased his shareholding to over 90 per cent.

The share market has retreated from promising early gains to close only marginally higher as investors continued to sell stocks in some of the big banks.

ANALYSIS: It’s not often that hyperbole merges with reality when it comes to resources, but WA’s gold sector has just thrown conventional wisdom out the window.

Perth’s eight cheapest suburbs for property rentals have been revealed, and one of the most affordable is in the western suburbs, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.

Two high-profile reports from the commission have reaffirmed its role in upholding public accountability.

Virgin Australia's ownership is under the spotlight after the airline's biggest shareholder, Air New Zealand, flagged a full or partial sale of its 26 per cent stake.

The hotel industry expects up to a quarter of Perth’s hotel rooms to be filled by delegates attending next month’s LNG18 conference, though the number of people attending and the flow-on economic benefits to the state remain unclear.

The state government is facing a fresh legal challenge to its contentious Roe Highway stage 8 extension, this time over Aboriginal heritage approval.

Threats of the first double dissolution election in almost 30 years are rattling consumers, a report has found.

Educational software developer SEQTA has entered into a collaboration agreement with Perth-based consulting company JourneyOne.

The Australian share market has turned lower, weighed down by the major banks.After initially opening slightly higher, the market did an about turn.