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I visited the coffee chain that Coca-Cola just bought for $5.1 billion — and I have no idea why anyone goes there Coca-Cola is buying the British coffee chain Costa Coffee. I can't work out why.

10 tips for resumes to get a recruiter's attention Recruiters spend all of six seconds looking at a resume. So you only get a brief chance to grab their attention.

4 Australian business leaders explain the most important lesson their dad taught them It's Father's Day this Sunday. But when you're in business, balancing those demands with those of your family brings at extra challenge.

Here's what's new on Stan in September From TV drama to documentaries, original films to stand-up comedy, Australian streaming service Stan is getting new content added all the time. Read on to see all the content that will be added in September!

A judge wrote an astonishing analysis of Mark Latham's 'extraordinary' defamation defence before throwing it out Former Labor leader Mark Latham's defence against a defamation claim by journalist Osman Faruqi did not got off to a good start in the Federal Court.

The ultimate guide to the best places to work in Australia in 2018 The competition between companies seeking to attract the best talent is more fierce than ever. Over the last year, the market for jobs in Australia grew by 21.4% -- that's an additional 45,000 vacancies.

Foodora Australia left town owing tax, superannuation and $28 million to its parent company Concerns over outstanding tax liabilities to both the NSW and federal governments led the German parent company, Delivery Hero, to pull its support.

11 Google leaders share their first summer jobs, from making scrunchies to ringing up orders at McDonald's Twenty Google leaders shared their summer jobs in a recent post published on Google's blog. They included ringing up orders at McDonald's, playing in a string quartet, and planting trees in Nova Scotia.

Apple says some iPhone 8 devices have a manufacturing defect and will fix them for free — here's how to see if you're affected Apple says that a small percentage of iPhone 8 devices might be affected by a "manufacturing defect" that can cause random freezing and other problems.

REVIEW: Huawei's Nova 3i is the world's slipperiest phone - but here's why you won't be totally heartbroken if you drop it Huawei's latest entry into the mid-price smartphone market, the Nova 3i, makes a big deal about its four AI-assisted cameras.

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The 10 most important things in the world right now Hello! Here's what's happening on Friday.

The US is sending a strong message to China with repeated B-52 bomber flights over disputed territory in the Pacific The heavy long-range bombers mean business.

The Aussie can't catch a break and could fall to 70c 'over the coming weeks' ANZ Bank is forecasting the AUD/USD will fall to 70c.

Economists think Australia's economy lost some momentum in the June quarter The median forecast looks for a quarterly increase of 0.7%, leaving the change on a year earlier at 2.8%. Year-ended growth stood at 3.1% in the March quarter.

The cost of the NBN just rose over $50 billion New NBN Co chief executive Stephen Rue has lifted the expected cost of the network rollout to $51 billion, with the infrastructure giant planning to raise an extra $2 billion from private sources around 2020.

Lego built a 1:1 scale model of a Bugatti Chiron -- and it hit a top speed of 20km/h Lego has completed a full-size replica of one of the world's most desirable sports cars.

Transurban is buying 51% of the WestConnex toll road for $9.26 billion Sydney Transport Partners, a consortium led by Transurban has won the bid for a 51% stake for 42 years.

Suncorp and Adelaide Bank are joining the race to lift interest rates Suncorp and Adelaide Banks are blaming "challenging" market conditions for raising variable rates  by up to 40 basis points.

If you love dad, we've got the beer droid and watchband toolkit he needs for Father's Day We've put together the ultimate Father's Day gift guide for dads who want adventure, who love a good beer, who want to play with the latest gadgets or all of the above!

Google has funded an underwater drone that will hunt starfish killing the Great Barrier Reef Australian scientists built an underwater robot to identify predatory crown-of-thorns starfish and kill them .

BI Intelligence: The Future of Fintech Fintech is an umbrella term term for technologies powering innovation in financial services. This Business Insider Intelligence report cites three key factors for "true innovation" that are creating the ideal environment for fintech to flourish.

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