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Companies
Government to conduct formal investigation into Telstra 000 outage
The government has committed to a formal investigation into a Telstra outage that left half Australia's states unable to call Triple Zero on Friday morning.
- by Jennifer Duke & Darren Gray
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Gaming & wagering
Pokies manufacturer crashes to six-year low
Shares in Australian pokies manufacturer Ainsworth Game Technology have crashed by nearly 40 per cent.
- by Nick Toscano
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Cycling
The wild ride of a Perth cycling tech startup
From a crowdfunded idea to a global consumer product, Perth's Cycliq is pedalling hard.
- by David Allan-Petale
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Telecommunications
Telstra apologises after triple zero emergency number crash
Telstra says it is "deeply sorry" after a major network issue caused chaos around the country on Friday morning.
- by Rachel Clun & Jennifer Duke
Retail
One man alone may be propping up H&M as its shares go out of fashion
Since early April, the fast-fashion chain's chairman has spent nearly half a billion dollars buying the stock against a wall of 'sell' ratings from analysts.
Mining
The war on coal is making the world's biggest miners a lot richer
As the climate change debate intensifies, output of the planet's dirtiest fuel is dropping, pushing up coal prices and boosting miners' profits.
- by Thomas Biesheuvel & Thomas Wilson
Aviation
Tigerair pilots call off industrial action after wage deal breakthrough
Pilots had threatened a range of protected actions that would have disrupted services starting Friday morning.
- by Patrick Hatch
Commercial real estate
Maroondah makes third major suburban centre sale this week
A neighbourhood shopping centre in Croydon North sells for speculated $18 million.
- by Marc Pallisco
Manufacturing
US indictment alleges top VW exec knew of emissions cheating
A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn on charges stemming from the company's diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Tesla
'Boring': Bizarre Elon Musk earnings call sends Tesla stocks sliding
After telling analysts their "bonehead questions" were "not cool", Musk said: "Please sell our stock and don't buy it".
- by Peter Holley
Gaming & wagering
New 'synthetic' lottery launches despite looming ban
Another foreign-owned lottery disrupter is set to launch in Australia despite federal plans to ban it.
- by Nick Toscano