The S&P 500 has closed at its highest level of the year after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates untouched and signalled fewer rate hikes in coming months.
Gold has rallied two per cent to $US1,260 an ounce, turning higher after the Federal Reserve indicated that the United States continues to face risks from an uncertain global economy, pressuring the US dollar.
Construction has begun on Blackburne’s 22-storey, 140-apartment Oracle project on the outskirts of the CBD in Northbridge, the first building to start in a proposed wave of development around Stirling Street worth just less than $1 billion.
Troy Buswell's chief of staff Rachael Turnseck engaged in misconduct when she gave misleading information to a Western Australian government inquiry into his 2014 car crashes, the corruption watchdog has found.
Blackham Resources will proceed with a $22.9 million refurbishment of the Wiluna gold plant at its Matilda project, with Interquip/Mintrex and Practon Engineering selected as key contractors today.
Minter Ellison is set to expand its service offering in Western Australia after recruiting the human resources and industrial relations practice from a competing law firm.
French company Sodexo is set to become one of the biggest service providers in the Pilbara after signing a $2.5 billion contract to manage all of Rio Tinto’s mine camps and other facilities for 10 years.
Shares in Platypus Minerals were down more than 31 per cent today as the company announced a $10 million deal to buy Belmont-based lithium explorer Lepidico.
Small business will be better protected against the misuse of market power by bigger players under new changes to competition law, which has been criticised by the Business Council of Australia and Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder.
The University of Western Australia will proceed with its renewal program, including the consolidation of eight faculties into four, after a previously announced move to reduce staff was halted by industrial action.
The sale of the former Swan District Hospital site moved a step forward today as the state government opened expressions of interest in the old hospital as part of its land asset sales program.
Broadspectrum's chair says she has been shocked by personal attacks on her arising from her company's involvement in asylum-seeker detention centres in Nauru and on Manus Island.
Mining giant BHP Billiton has called for tax and workplace reforms in Australia, wading into the ongoing political debate ahead of the federal election later this year.
Healthcare and materials stocks have pulled Wall Street lower in a second straight day of quiet trading as investors cautiously awaited news from the US Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
Gold has fallen to its lowest in almost two weeks ahead of a Federal Reserve statement that is expected to give clues on the pace of future US rate rises.
AN idea that came to Perth businessman Keegan Crage during a run one day is morphing into a social enterprise that’s helping homeless people resurrect their sense of self-worth.
UWA researchers are organising a mass activity challenge in Perth to encourage greater fitness and wellbeing, and provide researchers with insights into what motivates people.
Doray Minerals has posted a sizeable boost in net profit for the six months to December, as the company works towards opening its second gold mine in Western Australia later this year.
The state government expects to sell 40 per cent of the loan book for low-income finance provider Keystart in the second half of the year, with an expressions of interest campaign officially launched today.
The Pacific National rail business and the Patrick container terminal business are set to come under new ownership after Asciano agreed to a $9.05 billion takeover deal that is designed to sidestep regulatory concerns.
Big incentives in Perth’s office leasing market are resulting in world-class, high-tech fit-outs for tenants willing to take the plunge and move buildings.
Local technology company DTI Group has picked up its second contract for work in Ireland this month, announcing today it will provide its services to a European manufacturer which is building buses for use in Dublin.
