The Australian market is trading lower after a lacklustre lead from Wall Street after suicide bomb attacks in Brussels prompted a drop in key US travel stocks.
Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has put on hold its multi-billion dollar Browse liquefied natural gas project in view of the challenging market environment.
Gold has risen as investors seek assets seen as havens from risk after deadly bomb attacks hit Brussels airport and a rush-hour Metro train in the Belgian capital.
Perth’s importance as a national business centre may have faded during recent months, but it’s a different matter in the inner suburb of West Perth, where several small mining companies have sprung back to life.
The amount of money spent by businesses in Western Australia on research and development fell by 34 per cent in the five years to 2013-14, a new study has revealed.
Rob Bransby has announced he will no longer leave his post as managing director of the state’s largest health insurer to become chief executive of Perth Racing.
State-owned Gold Corporation has revealed a $24.9 million pre-tax profit for the first half of the 2016 financial year on the back of higher volumes and cost rationalisation.
Perth experienced a slight improvement in the Residential Property Price Index during the December quarter, but still suffered a 2.9 per cent fall for 2015 overall, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today.
Slater & Gordon is a step closer to being served with shareholder class action papers after JustKapital Litigation Partners and Woodsford Litigation Funding joined forces to fund proceedings against the embattled law firm.
Sydney-based hotel group StayWell Hospitality Group has confirmed it will bring its Park Regis brand to Western Australia after signing deal with developer Dradgin to be part of the former Ace Cinemas site in Subiaco.
Hailing a cab during busy periods is set to become easier after the competition watchdog decided to allow a new smartphone taxi booking app called "ihail".
Internet provider TPG Telecom has forecast a strong end to the financial year after its interim net profit nearly doubled, thanks to its $1.56 billion takeover of Perth-grown rival iiNet.
North Fremantle-based Carnegie Wave Energy has acquired a 35 per cent stake in solar power and lithium battery storage provider Energy Made Clean through a $4.5 million investment.
Wall Street has closed little changed as investors search for fresh catalysts and show concern about fully-extended share prices after a five-week rally.
Gold has fallen for a third session, with demand for bullion hurt as the US dollar arrests three weeks of declines after hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve officials renewed expectations of US interest rate rises.
Silicon Valley-based 1-Page, which was an early mover in the wave of backdoor tech listings on the ASX, has sought to reassure investors after most of the spectacular share price gains it achieved in 2015 were wiped out this year.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has upped pressure on the Senate crossbench to pass the government’s two reforms to trade union governance by announcing parliament will sit an extra three-week session beginning next month.
The chief executive of share market operator ASX, Elmer Funke Kupper, has resigned effective immediately over bribery allegations involving his former employer Tabcorp.