Primary shares hit by expected $575m writedown, profit warning

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Primary's shares sink to two-month low after it said it would write down the value of its medical centres and expected underlying profit to be at the lower end of its guidance.

Exclude coal from clean energy target, AGL says

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The nation's largest power generator has urged the federal government to exclude coal from its planned clean energy target, saying there is no appetite among private investors to fund new coal-fired power plants.

Sydney is the crucible for a key economic theory

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• 55 mins ago

Can low unemployment lead to wages growth? Sydney is the test case.

Optus spends $1b to boost regional mobile coverage

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Optus is spending $1 billion building 500 new mobile base stations around regional Australia to compete better against Telstra and Vodafone.

Fortescue likely to appeal native title decision

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Fortescue Metal Group is likely to lodge an appeal after the Federal Court recognised a native title claimant group has exclusive rights over Pilbara land where the company operates the Solomon iron ore mine.

Iron ore's surge draws sceptics

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Iron ore's strong start to the second half will probably fade, according to Sucden Financial and Bank Julius Baer & Co.

Elon Musk claims approval to build world's longest tunnel

With a tweet and very little else by way of detail, entrepreneur Elon Musk has raised the prospect of building the world's longest tunnel for an ultra-high-speed train line to connect New York to Washington.

How realistic is hyperloop travel?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says he won "€œverbal"€ government approval to build the world'€™s longest tunnel for an ultra-high-speed hyperloop line to connect New York to Washington.

Boaty McBoatface gets his revenge

A Swedish rail operator has vowed to name one of its trains "Trainy McTrainface" after the British government rejected the name Boaty McBoatface for a polar research ship.

US lifts laptop ban on planes

Passengers flying into the US from 10 Muslim-majority countries affected by the ban may now take their laptops into the cabin with them.

Canadian bonds signal inflation miss

​Canada's bond market is signalling the Bank of Canada will not reach its 2 per cent inflation target anytime soon.

Amazon Australia's first warehouse location appears to have been revealed

It appears Amazon Australia's first retail operations centre will be located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne

Myer's departing deputy tipped for Amazon

Is Myer's departing deputy arriving at Amazon?

All aboard: Trainy McTrainface gets green light

Swedish rail operator has vowed to make up for the 'Boaty McBoatface' letdown by naming one of its trains 'Trainy McTrainface'.

Exxon under Tillerson violated Russia sanctions

The US slapped a $2 million fine on energy giant Exxon Mobil for deals it made with the head of Russian oil company Rosneft that violated sanctions. The deals happened when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson still ran the company.

8@eight: Negative start in store for ASX

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The local sharemarket is set to open lower after a dour night on overseas markets.

Gross backs go-slow policy shifts

It won't take much for the US Fed to raise short-term interest rates too far, says billionaire bond manager Bill Gross.

'We're ploughing ahead' - what's next for Masters

Big-box retailing is in for its biggest shake-up in years.

Vale sets quarterly output record

Vale said iron ore output would close the year near the bottom of its forecast of 360 million to 380 million tonnes.

ECB defers wind back discussion

Mario Draghi said policy makers are still waiting for inflation to catch up with the economic recovery.

Young gaming upstarts join Queensland business's hall of fame

One Brisbane-based company's induction was 2 billion downloads in the making.

The next global meltdown is further away than you think

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Share valuations are higher than they were in mid-2008 and are exactly where they were before the great crash in October 1929. These are disturbing thoughts. Yet it takes a catalyst to trigger such events.

'Pompous old farts' get better of Fletcher chief

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There has been carnage across the ditch where New Zealand's biggest construction group, Fletcher Building, announced its second profit downgrade in a matter of months despite the country experiencing a building boom.

Senior climate scientist warns of potential Trump damage

Budget cuts to key US climate programs proposed by President Trump are a major worry for the international research community.

Shifting storms under climate change to worsen perils

It's not just rising seas and bigger storm surges you need to be worried about.

''Mine without consent" traditional owners want compensation

Native title holders in the Pilbara will seek compensation after winning their long-running battle with iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group.

Strongest back-to-back full-time jobs growth in 29 years

Australia has achieved its ninth straight month of job gains, with 14,000 new jobs added to the economy in June.

Victoria vies for army's $20b manufacturing boost

One of the world's largest defence companies is being urged to build a new fleet of combat vehicles in Victoria if its bid for the Australian army's most expensive acquisition contract in history succeeds.

Bellamy's shares tumble, then bounce after resuming trading

Shares in dairy company Bellamy's have been walloped on market opening, after being in a trading halt for nearly two weeks.