Wall Street has had a mixed finish after a choppy day of trading, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower and the Dow ending the day on a record high.
Shreyashi Sanyal and Devik Jain and Sinead Carew
The number of Australians who think it's a good time to buy a home has reached an all time low, research shows.
AAP
This rental ‘property’ in the front yard of a suburban Perth home includes a lumpy mattress on a small bench inside a 3sqm windowless hut.
Kim Macdonald
Herd on the Terrace: Rumours about Wesfarmers next mega-bucks buyout of a slice of a prominent WA family’s empire just won’t go away.
The Supreme Court has crushed a bid by Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources to grab sensitive documents linked to estranged business partner Steve Wyatt’s rival new venture.
Neale Prior
Forging a new industry is never easy but it remains unclear whether this week’s demise of Salt Lake Potash represents a learning experience for others or a portent of more corporate failures to come.
Stuart McKinnon
Quantum Graphite has wrapped up a diamond drilling program at its Eastern Conductor prospect near its Uley 2 resource in South Australia that it says is visually showing grades of up to 20 per cent in several drill cores.
Matt Birney
Diamond Collective has seen a surge in interest for lab-grown diamonds over the past 12 months, with consumers seeking more affordable bling options.
Caitlin Paroczai
Ardea Resources could play a key role in an innovative new battery cathode precursor production pilot plant to be developed in WA by the $130m battery industry alliance known as the ‘Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre’. Ardea will provide nickel samples from its giant Kalgoorlie Nickel Project for testing in the $18m venture.
Beleaguered property developer Evergrande has wired funds for an interest payment days before a deadline that would have seen them plunge into formal default.
Clare Jim
The ASX finished barely changed for a second straight day, with gains among retailers unable to counter weakness in one of Australia’s most important sectors.
Rebecca Le May
Novo Resources has tabled several high-grade gold hits at its previously untested Genie lode-gold prospect, located within cooee of its operating Golden Eagle processing plant in the Pilbara. Best new intercepts include 8m at 4.6 g/t gold from just 26m.
Aruma Resources has received the tick of approval to drill its Mount Deans lithium-tantalum project after its “program of work” was approved for actioning. A heritage survey is now the final hurdle before Aruma can unleash a rig at the exciting WA lithium project.
The Takeovers Panel says it will not conduct proceedings into a complaint from Westgold Resources in its $123m hostile bid for Gascoyne Reources.
Gascoyne Resources has hit another patch of shallow gold with respectable grades at its Hendricks prospect in WA just 1.5kms from its Dalgaranga gold mine.
More than two years in, the white-hot spotlight of its money laundering scandal is wearing down not just Crown’s executives, but also its staff.
Australia’s unique flora and fauna means local companies will be expected to demonstrate they’re aware of potential risks from how they operate.
Adrian Lowe
Too many chief executives focus on profits when they should instead ensure a diverse workforce to aid productivity, according to WA’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner.
The Snapchat parent company’s revenue missed Wall Street expectations after its advertising business was disrupted by privacy changes Apple introduced earlier this year.
Salvador Rodriguez
Oxley Holdings “aggrieved” by Pindan’s descent into administration, says $7.5m cash injection will see nearly half of small creditors paid in full.
Sean Smith
It’s been a long time coming, but finally Perth’s first Lego-certified store will soon open up in the northern suburbs, complete with a few giant surprises.
Jenne Brammer
Grace Tame found out live on air the government did not ask her to assist in drafting a major plan to tackle child sex abuse.
Courtney Gould
The corporate regulator says it won’t be pursuing Alan Davies over a $14 million payment to a consultant over the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea 10 years ago.
The US dollar has dipped and oil prices lifted, as a boost from the technology sector helped tee up global shares for a third successive week of gains.
Simon Jessop
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