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Silicon Valley-based online recruitment company 1-Page has outlined plans to launch a backdoor listing on the ASX through mining exploration company Intermet Resources.

Western Australia’s nickel miners are celebrating a classic supply-side surprise, which has driven the price of their metal sharply higher; but the same Indonesian government ban on the export of unprocessed nickel ore could soon do the same way for another WA specialty – bauxite.

The share market has made a strong start to trade, with all sectors higher after a positive session on Wall Street.

Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman says he needs time to consider options for excess cash after the company's exit from the $US2.5 billion Leviathan project.

The Australian dollar is slightly higher after bouncing from a three week low.

Gold extended losses after minutes from the Federal Reserve's April meeting reinforced the central bank's outlook for a gradually improving economy.

If the 2014 federal budget succeeds in reducing bloated bureaucracies and duplication it will have achieved significant change.

Wall Street stocks have finished with sharp gains following mixed retail sector earnings and Federal Reserve policy meeting minutes that showed little change in policy.

Former Business News 40under40 winner Sally Capp has been appointed to the board of the Commonwealth Business Council.

If you and your team aren’t making enough sales, maybe you’re not asking yourselves the right questions.

Consumer confidence has slumped to its lowest level in over two years, with Australians worried about the impact the government's tough budget cuts will have on their family finances.

Health directory and booking service HealthEngine has announced plans to add Telstra executive Mark Buckman to the board and raise capital imminently.

Kashif Saleem arrived in Perth without a dollar to his name; now his technology is in demand from the world’s most valuable companies.

The Australian share market has climbed back from early losses to close slightly higher.

It's a case of 'where to now?' for the start-up sector after funding cuts in this month's federal budget.

In its last move before being disbanded, a research centre has used vital funding from an unexpected source to potentially secure a new future for Western Australia’s mallee industry.

BHP Billiton Iron Ore president Jimmy Wilson says the mining giant is likely to request government intervention to prevent a "devastating" proposed strike at Port Hedland which could cost miners up to $100 million a day.

Global energy giant Shell has expanded its footprint at Leighton Properties and DEXUS Property Group’s Kings Square, signing up to take up a further 5,847 square metres of office space in the devel

Perth-based mining exploration companies Latin Resources, Talga Resources and Sovereign Metals have announced plans to raise capital to fund their respective offshore projects, collectively worth $8.45 million.

A dozen of Australia’s top scientists recently faced off in national competition to determine the effectiveness of their ‘elevator pitches’ for commercial support.

Regional Development Minister Terry Redman has sought to soften the blow of a reduction in Royalties for Regions funding by promising a more a strategic approach to spending and greater investment in the southern regions.

A new survey by the Australian Institute of Management has provided further confirmation that Western Australia's massive wage growth has come off the boil, with companies reporting a solid decline in average salary growth.

The share market has opened lower as further falls in the price of Australia's largest export, iron ore, hit the mining sector.

Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has abandoned a $US2.7 billion gas deal in Israel, one of the company's two major long-term growth prospects.

The Australian dollar fell to a three week low, coming under pressure from weaker iron ore prices and concerns about the Chinese economy.

Oil prices have closed mixed as traders tracked the supply outlook amid unrest in Libya, the Ukraine-Russia crisis and the eve of US inventory data.

Wall Street stocks have slumped on a batch of mostly-disappointing retail earnings and after a US Federal Reserve official endorsed a speedier rise in benchmark interest rates than some expect.

The Perth Freight Link is the latest in a string of big projects to highlight the lack of cohesive, long-term infrastructure planning in WA.

Telstra customers will share access to their home wi-fi networks in a plan to create one of the world's largest networks of public hotspots.

AnaeCo director Ian Campbell has lost control of his 6.5 per cent stake in the waste treatment company after the shares were used as security for separate loans.

The Australian share market has closed higher as bargain hunters moved in following falls in morning trade.

Trucking company CTI Logistics has paved the way for further expansion of its Hazelmere depot with the purchase of a 30,000 square metre property adjoining its existing premises.