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Atlas Iron says it has protected its finances against an iron ore price that has plunged below $US50 a tonne.

Last year's Business News Rising Stars winner, emergency response and security services provider Executive Risk Solutions, has taken the top prize as the 2015 Telstra Western Australian business of the year.

Centaurus Metals has announced that it is selling its Candonga DSO iron ore project in Brazil to the Brazilian group Ecosinter for R$4 million (A$1.69 million).

The corporate watchdog is investigating whether key market indexes, such as the Australian share market's top 200 companies, are being rorted.

Two local miners have announced plans to exit the resources industry and move into other fields, by way of backdoor listings.

Peter Prendiville and Howard Cearns will continue as Tourism WA chair and deputy chair respectively for another three year term, Tourism Minister Kim Hames announced today.

Perth-based Zeta Petroleum will acquire a substantial shareholding in oil explorer Oilex, when the company completes a planned $US23 million ($A30 million) capital raising.

The Australian share market has opened lower.

The Australian dollar has broken a new six-year low as the greenback rallies.

US stocks have finished higher in a topsy-turvy session, rallying after worries about Greece and China caused deep losses in early trade.

The state government will head off any potential oversupply in Perth’s booming hotel building sector by ramping up marketing Western Australia to interstate and international visitors.

Gold has fallen to a near four-month low, while silver has sunk nearly seven per cent and platinum has dropped to a 2009 low, as the US dollar rallied ahead of an emergency eurozone summit on Greece with the country's banks rapidly running out of cash.

WA business is well positioned to bring forward a new era of research and development in technology, but hurdles remain.

The third DoubleTree by Hilton hotel announced for Perth will likely be the first to open, with forward works about to start and a ground-breaking ceremony held at the Northbridge site today.

Local aquaculture firm Seafarms Group has announced plans to raise up to $16.6 million, with major shareholders Ian Trahar and Paul Favretto committing to a large portion of the raising.

Former VDM Group boss Andrew Broad has returned to his former employer, mining services business Ausdrill, and will become its chief operating officer of Australian operations.

The Australian share market has made its best gains in nearly five months as investors await the next developments in the Greek debt crisis.

One crucial question was missing from the excellent TV documentary The Killing Season, and it goes to the heart of the matter.

Financial planning technology group Decimal has formed a partnership agreement Perth-based P&N Bank as it seeks to expand its service offering to a broader range of members.

The Reserve Bank of Australia stayed on the fence, as expected, today but there are plenty of reasons it might climb down off it in the coming months.

Royce McAuslane has resigned as managing director of gold miner RNI, having only served in the position since November last year.

Regulators have again admonished management at Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill iron ore mine over safety concerns.

Online advertising business Tech Mpire has made solid gains on its first day of trading on the ASX, after being acquired by Fortunis Resources in a $3.1 million backdoor listing.

The iron ore industry is tipped to contribute more than $600 billion to the Australian economy over the next decade, despite falling prices for the steel-making commodity.

Brookfield Property Partners has confirmed speculation that Wesfarmers will leave its home of 30 years on The Esplanade for a new headquarters at the second tower at Brookfield Place.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has awarded a front-end engineering and design contract to a consortium comprising two NYSE-listed companies, for its proposed Browse FLNG project.

The Australian share market has opened higher.

US oil prices have sunk nearly eight per cent on worries about slowing global growth after Greek voters rejected a bailout offer and China moved to calm financial market turbulence.

US stocks have fallen moderately, joining most global bourses in moving lower after the Greek vote against further austerity measures raised fears the country could exit the eurozone.

The Australian dollar is lower amid uncertainty over Greece's future and concerns about China's equity markets.

The iron ore miner’s size and local status have led to an unusual testing of the market’s appetite for risk.

Vacancies are rising rapidly in the residential leasing market, while at the same time median rents are falling; but that’s just the market returning to normal from its recent highs, according to a prominent local property player.