WA’s yawning gender pay gap can in part be contributed to young women forgoing maths in years 11 and 12, according to Programmed managing director Chris Sutherland, who today called for societal change to address the problem.
The Australian Grain Champion’s proposal to demutualise CBH will most likely be rejected by the CBH board, but it could be the catalyst for a CBH-led demutualisation.
Local companies Avita Medical, Nuheara and ResApp Health have all featured in this fortnight’s Techboard list, which ranks the online presence of Perth tech firms.
CUA has enjoyed a strong lift in new home loans and a rise in half-year profit, but its boss says the result was held back by restrictions on investor lending.
Gold hopeful ABM Resources has restructured its board and initiated a capital raising and debt facility agreement as it progresses its Tanami tenements in the Northern Territory.
Private equity group Sirona Capital and Luke Saraceni’s Saracen Properties are wrapping up their joint venture Westbridge Property Group, having not completed any projects in the three-year partner
Aspiring uranium miner Bannerman Resources chief executive and managing director Len Jubber has resigned after seven years at the helm, with his shoes to be filled with former general manager Brandon Munro.
US stocks have ended near the lows of the day as energy shares tumbled alongside the price of oil and soft Chinese trade data rekindled fears that the global economy is weaker than expected.
Gold has turned lower, falling below last week's 13-month high on profit-taking as the market's recent rally appeared to lose momentum ahead of the next US Federal Reserve meeting.
Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder, finance director Terry Bowen and non-executive director James Graham have sold a combined $12.1 million worth of shares, predominantly for tax purposes.
The recent BHP Billiton organisational restructure will drive productivity improvements without significant operational job losses, according to new BHP operations president of Australian minerals Mike Henry, although the company won’t commit to a deadline for its targeted 290 million tonnes per annum iron ore run rate.
To most people it seems inconceivable that a bank would pay its customers to borrow money, but that scenario was played out, albeit briefly, in Denmark last year, when homebuyers were on the winning side of negative interest rates.
Smaller iron ore miners were the big winners today after the iron ore price surged overnight, whereas Fortescue Metals Group failed to sustain Monday's big gains despite announcing a joint venture and investment deal with Brazil's Vale.
Shares in local explorer Primary Gold closed nearly 40 per cent higher on news it had recruited three new board members, who also happen to be shareholders in the company.
The corporate watchdog has told the public to steer clear of a potential scam website that uses the same registered business name and the same business number as the recently privatised Market City.
Local tech firm Shark Mitigation Systems has launched a prospectus for a $4 million IPO, while two other WA companies have revised their plans for backdoor listings.
SPECIAL REPORT: The ubiquitous influence of the internet in modern business has brought an uptick in investment in Perth’s data storage capacity, and into new high-speed subsea cables.
Wesfarmers subsidiary EVOL LNG has won a contract to supply LNG to the power station at Doray Minerals’ Deflector gold project in the Murchison region for an undisclosed sum.
A former staffer to two Western Australian premiers and current Vincent Mayor John Carey is seeking Labor preselection for the seat of Perth at the next state election.
Energy and materials stocks are leading the Australian share market higher in the wake of a meteoric rise in iron ore prices and a strong performance by oil.
Six-and-a-half years after Chevron started development of Australia’s single largest resources project, the $US54 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant has commenced production, though it is by no means complete.
