Jobs are back on the agenda for employers in 2015, with Hudson Recruitment’s latest report on hiring intentions showing positive signs, while research from hiring website Indeed has found that unfilled jobs cost Australian $6.7 billion annually.
Shares in explorer IMX Resources have rocketed up 30 per cent after the company announced it had received expressions of interest for its Ntaka Hill nickel project in south-east Tanzania.
Shares in energy company Santos have shed more than a third of their value in less than three weeks after further falls in oil prices and a credit rating downgrade.
Blackgold International Holdings has negotiated terms for a $S25 million ($A22.9 million) convertible bond issue, to supplement working capital and for acquisitions.
National Australia Bank has become the second of the big four to reverse its interest rate forecasts, predicting the Reserve Bank will need to slash rates twice in 2015.
Onslow will receive a new hospital and complete its airport redevelopment following the state government’s announcement of two new funding packages today.
Further changes will be made to the way official employment statistics are compiled following an independent review of the process, but not this month.
Australian tax officials have been embedded in the offices of 10 multinationals as the federal government tries to capture as much as $3 billion in dodged revenue each year.
Our new Executive Remuneration list has the salaries, bonuses and other pay from thousands of CEOs and executives from more than 700 WA-based listed companies.
Gold futures have edged up amid signs of slowing global growth and concerns that central banks around the world could respond with stimulus measures that would drive currency values lower.
The peak national body for engineers has revealed a strong desire among its members in Western Australia to be engaged in the industry’s nascent floating liquefied natural gas developments.
Engineering, maintenance and construction provider Tempo Australia has announced its subsidiary, Tempo Construction and Maintenance, has won a contract with Santos for provision of labour trade resources at its operations in the Cooper Basin.
The Australian share market has closed higher, with the big banks well up on the back of the Financial System Inquiry's call for them to hold more capital.
Shares in Geopacific were up 9.3 per cent today as the company announced a $3 million rights issue, with the company planning to step up exploration activity at its Cambodian Kou Sa project.
The latest numbers from Western Australia’s listed gold miners show they remain under pressure from rising costs and a falling global gold price, with some local producers concerned that changes to the state’s royalty system might erode margins beyond break-even.
