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Gold prices have closed nearly unchanged as investors cautiously await the outcome of the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting, while palladium futures rise on hopes of improved industrial demand.

Rules are costing Western Australians $37 billion every year and an average of eight hours a week complying with self-imposed red tape, a new Deloitte report has found.

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Buxton Resources has appointed former Fortescue Metals Group exploration and evaluation director Eamon Hannon as its new chief executive officer, as Anthony Maslin steps down as managing director.

Ausdrill non-executive director Wal King has resigned from his role just three years after joining the company.

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The share market improved from a poor start but still closed marginally lower, due to weakness in sectors exposed to commodities.

Liberty Resources has announced its intention to exit the mining industry by entering into an option agreement to acquire local IT firm Cirrus Networks for an undisclosed amount.

Expansion of Western Australia’s retail space is not keeping up with the state’s population growth, falling short by around 200,000 square metres, according to a new survey by the Property Council

Gold miner Doray Minerals is hoping for a market re-rating after announcing a scrip takeover of Mutiny Gold today, but its goal of becoming a two-mine mid-tier producer failed to impress the market.

Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest has been appointed to the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s board.

Jolimont-based gold explorer RMG says it will buy its joint venture partner Chile Metals Consulting’s 25 per cent interest in the Tuina copper project in South America for a share package worth $2.4 million.

Motorists face higher petrol costs within weeks after the Abbott government bypassed the Senate to reintroduce fuel excise indexation.

BHP Billiton will try to sell the Arkansas gas assets that marked its first entry into the US shale industry in 2011.

The share market has opened weaker as another disappointing German business confidence reading reignited European growth concerns.

BC Iron's shares have plunged as a disappointing quarterly report showed the junior iron ore miner is struggling to break even.

Wall Street stocks have finished little changed as the market absorbed losses in petroleum stocks while looking ahead to a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.

Oil prices have headed lower as Goldman Sachs sliced its price forecast for crude amid mounting stockpiles around the globe.

Gold prices have slipped, as traders sell their metal holdings ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting later this week.

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The Australian dollar is slightly lower after weak German economic data weighed on market confidence.

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The official rebranding of Birchman Asia Pacific has left only five local names among the state’s top 10 information technology firms.

A western suburbs real estate agency has set up a dedicated China marketing arm, as growing numbers of Chinese developers eye Perth’s burgeoning apartment market for large project opportunities.

New Zealand-based Todd Corporation has more than doubled its interest in aspiring Pilbara iron ore miner Rutila Resources to 46 per cent, by electing to convert a $5 million loan into ordinary shares.

Perth engineering firm Clough is targeting small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects as a new growth area, after signing a ‘teaming’ agreement with global company GE Oil & Gas.

ANZ says "an abundance of caution" led it to request a stop to trading of its shares after the bank accidentally published its own profit data on its website.

Seven Group Holding’s performance may be more accurate barometer of the state’s finances than treasury calculations.

The share market has made a strong start to the week, with a rebound by the banks pushing it higher.

The founders of Canning Vale-based contractor Tasman Power have agreed to sell the business to Adelaide company E&A for $12.1 million.

A luxury riverfront apartment project in Belmont is back on the cards after 10 years of disputes and red tape.

Mining at Mount Gibson Iron’s Koolan Island main pit in the Kimberley has been suspended, after a slump on Friday resulted in an area of instability in the seawall.