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Mortgage broker AFG has reached a milestone with a loan book of $100 billion.

The ASX-listed parent company of law firm Rockwell Olivier has been placed in administration, opening up the possibility of its partners buying back the business.

National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney launched a defence of coal-fired power as the lender, and rival ANZ, rejected calls to stop funding mining projects.

Energy and mining stocks have led the share market nearly one per cent higher.

The falling Australian dollar may take expected interest rate cuts off the table next year, National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says.

Shares in transport and warehousing company CTI Logistics have dropped nearly 10 per cent today after a substantial profit downgrade.

UPDATE: The City of Swan is seeking public opinion on an apartment building out the back of the historic Guildford Hotel, under the condition tha

Engineering services company RCR Tomlinson has announced it will sell and lease back four properties for $37.5 million, with the proceeds to be used to pay down debt.

Shares in Perth company Resource Equipment have climbed 85.7 per cent today after the board recommended a cash takeover offer valuing the company at $115.5 million.

Building materials firms Boral and CSR have been given the all-clear to merge their east coast clay brick operations.

Plans to upgrade a major Perth highway using proceeds from a trucking toll have drawn widespread criticism, with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Labor Party and the Greens all finding fault with the project and its funding.

Grains marketer and maltster GrainCorp is facing a challenging year, with smaller crops, dry weather and tough competition from rivals.

Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mining company has told caterers to tighten food security after a worker at its West Australian site bit into a poisoned piece of fruit.

Agribusiness Elders says initiatives undertaken so far as part of a major plan to improve the performance of the company are making progress.

Flight Centre shares have dived by more than nine per cent after the travel agency issued a surprise profit warning.

Quickflix's effort to raise almost $6 million to allow it to compete with the likes of Netflix in 2015 has fallen dramatically short of target.

The Australian sharemarket is one per cent higher after an upbeat assessment of the American economy by the US central bank and a bounce in oil prices.

The Australian dollar has fallen to a new four-and-a-half-year low after the US central bank issued a more upbeat assessment of the US economy.

The Dow has jumped nearly 300 points after the US Federal Reserve made no changes to its monetary policy, saying it can remain "patient" before moving to raise interest rates.

World oil prices have rallied somewhat after the Russian rouble stabilised and the US reported lower crude inventories.

Gold prices have shuffled between gains and losses in electronic trading, after the Federal Reserve made few changes to its statement at the end of its monetary policy meeting.

Sirius Resources has secured $440 million to fund the development of its Nova nickel mine, coinciding with it receiving mining approval from the Department of Mines and Petroleum.

Grab your wheelbarrow and shovel.

Struggling TV broadcaster and takeover target Ten Network is hoping for a pick-up in the advertising market this financial year.

The share market has closed higher for the first time in more than a week as the energy sector rebounded after recent heavy falls.

There will be no exploration access to Western Australia's famed Pinnacles and its surrounding deserts after a request by Norwest Energy to amend its permit.

Telstra is in talks to buy the company that owns the world's largest private submarine cable network, Pacnet.

Vocus Communications has been successful in its bid to take over Amcom Telecommunications with the pair agreeing to a deal valuing Amcom at $652.7 million.

Embattled Boart Longyear says a recovery in demand for its drilling services could be more than a year away, as it secured the final piece of a $US342 million bailout plan.

Borrowing off the books may minimise the damage to official state debt but the money has to come from somewhere – taxpayers.

Local engineering and construction business Valmec will purchase the Australian subsidiary of US oil and gas services giant Exterran, funding the purchase through cash reserves and additional debt.

Engine technology developer Orbital Corporation plans to raise $10 million via a convertible note issue to fund its acquisition of electrical product manufacturer REMSAFE.