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Sunday 15 December 2019

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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Morning. Hope you all had excellent weekends.
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Oscar Wylee is in hot water amid allegations it donated less than 1% of the eyeglasses it said it would

The ACCC has began court proceedings against eyewear company Oscar Wylee for allegedly misleading customers about its 'buy a pair, give a pair' initiative.
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Here's the list of all 27 banks participating in the federal government's first home loan deposit scheme

The Commonwealth Bank and the National Australia Bank (NAB) will be the only two banks to offer the first home loan scheme, the government has revealed.
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If you use Afterpay, your bank might reject your home loan application under new instructions from the regulator

ASIC's latest responsible lending guidelines have suggested to lenders that "unregulated" buy now, pay later (BNPL) services are red flags to look for when considering an application.
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Canva cofounder says the $4.8 billion Australian startup is 'more stable' than WeWork, amid chatter about overvalued unicorns

Canva's cofounder and chief product officer, Cameron Adams, has reiterated confidence in his company's massive $US3.2 billion valuation, saying the graphic-design startup has "underlying financial stability" that other big-money tech companies don't have.
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The 10 best new luxury hotels opened in the last decade

LTI - Luxury Travel Intelligence - recently released their ranking of the world's best luxury hotels opened in the past decade. The travel research firm's team narrowed down the list from 296 properties around the world that opened between 2010 and 2019.
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Here's how Google has changed throughout the decade, from its quirky campus to its famous 'moonshots'

Google was already a giant in the tech industry by the end of 2009, dominating in ad-search, video-sharing, and mobile operating systems. The company was still famously eccentric, housing a dinosaur statue on its Googleplex campus and regularly tweaking its signature logo on the search page to celebrate different events.
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We're finally learning more details about the next Xbox and PlayStation consoles — but it's already clear they will offer almost identical performance

Both Microsoft'sXbox Series X and Sony'sPlayStation 5consoles tout 8K gameplay, "ray tracing," and even an ultra-smooth 120 frames per second while play games at 4K resolution.
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The banking information of 29,000 Facebook employees was stolen in 'smash and grab' theft from an employee's car, company says

A thief stole banking information of 29,000 current and former Facebook employees last month, Bloomberg first reported. The data was reportedly stored on unencrypted corporate hard drives, which the thief stole from a Facebook employee's car.
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How to get the best possible deal on your home loan

Before you pull the trigger on a home loan, you need to ensure that you've properly compared the options on offer to find the best deal. That's the easy part. The hard part is knowing exactly what you should be looking for.

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