Six Perth-based startups have been shortlisted of the 2014-15 OzAPP Awards, which seek the most innovative tech startup companies from the Asia Pacific region.
Lithex Resources has scrapped its planned purchase of internet marketing business Mpire Media, which was the second business Perth entrepreneur Zhenya Tsvetnenko was seeking to list on the stock market.
It might seem unimportant to know exactly why copper has been added to the list of sick commodities, but if it is more than a fright over excess supply and slack demand then we could be on the verge of a rerun of the GFC.
The chances of an imminent interest rate cut are diminishing after a surprise surge in full-time jobs pushed unemployment down to 6.1 per cent in December, with Western Australia being the only exception to the national fall.
ANZ Banking Group is tipping the Reserve Bank of Australia to cut its cash rate by 50 basis points to a new low of two per cent within the first six months of 2015.
Wall Street stocks have dropped on a bruising day for global markets following a disappointing US retail sales report and a weak global economic forecast from the World Bank.
Gold prices have stuck to the highest level in two-and-a-half months, even as investors sell the metal to take profits on recent gains and cover bets in other markets.
US oil prices have shot up more than five per cent in a move attributed to bargain-hunting after the contract sank to a new multi-year low the prior day.
A new contemporary art piece that captures more than 200,000 student signatures from schools across the state will be installed at Elizabeth Quay in early April.
Liberty Resources is set to proceed with its move into the IT sector, through the acquisition of Cirrus Networks, after taking the extraordinary step of having a board spill to hasten the removal of two directors.
Northern Star Resources says it is generating over $200 million in free cash flow per year on the back of an expansion of its asset base, lower costs and increased gold sales.
The consumer watchdog is probing Woodside Petroleum's $US2.75 billion purchase of oil and gas assets from US energy company Apache, over concerns the deal could affect the supply of wholesale gas in the Western Australian market and lead to higher gas prices.
Kerman Contracting will begin building accommodation facilities at Sirius Resources’ Nova nickel project near Norseman, two months after being named the preferred contractor for the $23 million job.
West Perth-based junior miner African Energy Resources has farmed out a 51 per cent stake in its Sese coal and power project in Botswana to a Vancouver-based firm for $8 million.
Wall Street stocks have closed modestly lower as worries about sliding crude oil prices overshadowed a strong unofficial start to earnings season by Alcoa.
Gold prices have hit their highest level in two-and-a-half months, as investors grow concerned that a shaky global economy will stymie the Federal Reserve's plans to raise US interest rates later in 2015.
Oil prices have slipped towards nearly six-year lows after OPEC officials underscored the cartel's resolve to not cut output despite a supply glut and plunging prices.
