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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Good morning. Here's your smart, fast start to the day.

6 things Australian traders will be talking about this morning The US Fed left the benchmark interest rate unchanged, US stocks were sold off into the close, and iron ore goes on the charge.

A war over unlimited data plans has broken out between Australia's biggest telcos Fierce new competition for the mobile market.

The CBA lost almost 20 million customer bank account records Commonwealth Bank has admitted it lost historical bank statements belonging to almost 20 million personal accounts in a 2016 incident it chose not to make public.

Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, thinks it's possible to blow through his $175bn fortune — and he has one big purchase he plans to spend it on He liquidates $US1 billion of Amazon stock every year to invest in space travel.

Australia just received a worrying signal on how much households are spending Activity levels for retailers and hospitality firms continue to deteriorate, casting a worrying picture on household spending levels, especially in discretionary areas.

NAB has decided to sell MLC as the bank's half year cash profit slumps by 16% Cash profit at NAB dropped 16% to $2.76 billion for the half year as restructuring costs weigh on the bank.

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