Kozminsky jewellers building sold to Gianarelli family for $7.6m

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The former home of Kozminsky jewellers in Melbourne's Bourke Street has changed hands for $7.6 million after being snapped up by Melbourne's Giannarelli family, setting a new benchmark land rate in city.

Myer's in trouble - better call Sol

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• 16 mins ago

The only thing preventing an even more catastrophic fall in Myer's share price is Solomon Lew.

Topsy-turvy week for ASX

• 29 mins ago

Bank stocks lost steam on Friday as investors booked profits after two days of strong gains, weighing on the overall market.

ASX winners and losers - a snapshot

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The stand out listings traded on the ASX captured at key moments through the day, as indicated by the time stamp in the video.

Boaty McBoatface gets his revenge

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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.

Optus' $1b plan to take Telstra's mobile phone lead

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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.

Markets Live: Aussie slides on RBA speech

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The Aussie drops below US79c after the RBA's Guy Debelle warns about reading too much into 'neutral rate' discussion, while shares slide on US political worries.

Australian dollar stung by RBA's rate comments

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The Australian dollar slid back below US79¢ on Friday after Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle said there was no automatic reason for rates to rise.

Clive Palmer back from 'romantic' cruise - and straight to court

Businessman and former MP Clive Palmer is back on Australian soil after a lavish Mediterranean cruise but he's still not sure where in the world his globe-trotting nephew is.

What Y2K can teach us for fighting climate change

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Don't laugh. There are important lessons in the unlikely story of how the world came to mitigate the effects of a ticking time bomb under modern civilisation.

Optus spends $1 billion to boost regional mobile

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the investment is a strong statement of Optus to it's competitors and a great result for regional Australia.

US laptop ban on Turkish flights lifted

A three-month-old ban on taking electronic devices such as laptops onto aircraft cabins on flights from Turkey to the United States was lifted on Wednesday, according to Turkish media.

Jail rogue blogger in Amber Harrison case, court urged

The women, given the pseudonyms Jane Doe 1 and 2, were named by blogger Shane Dowling but denied the allegations.

Australian basketball star Shane Heal to face fraud trial

Heal says he's looking forward to telling his side of the story after being committed to stand trial on charges of defrauding Philadelphia 76ers NBA coach Brett Brown.

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

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

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

Fortescue likely to appeal native title decision

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

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.

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.