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Medicare Drug Premiums Expected to Rise in 2027
Temporary Part D subsidies will end this year, though experts disagree on how significant the impact will be.
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84 More Jobs to Go at Maryvale Mill as Blame Falls on Victorian Labor
Opal argues the state government’s decision to cut timber supply forced it to restructure.
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Greek Deli Shuts After 54 Years as Owner Cites Tough Business Conditions
An iconic Sydney deli will close its doors in August, highlighting the growing challenges facing small businesses across Australia.
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CFMEU Corruption Could Be Driving Up the Cost of New Homes: Inquiry Told
Senior Counsel Geoffrey Watson said corruption in government projects could significantly inflate labour costs, ultimately pushing up housing costs.
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Anthropic Says Its Claude AI Model Hacked Systems of 3 Organizations During Safety Tests
Anthropic made the discovery after reviewing 141,006 evaluation runs in which Claude could have obtained internet access.
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Indigenous Group Rejects $150 Million Payout From Fortescue, Vows to Fight for More
The group wanted much more—originally around $1.8 billion.
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Mercedes-Benz Recalls 310,667 Vehicles Over Rollaway Risk From Door Switch Failure
The company was aware of 176 field cases in the United States, but no rollaway incidents.
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Federal Regulators Clear Zoox for Paid Driverless Taxi Rides
The Amazon-owned company becomes the first to secure a commercial exemption for a robotaxi that lacks steering wheel or pedals.
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Cyclospora Outbreak Weighs on Taco Bell Sales, Says Parent Company
Taco Bell’s U.S. same-store sales fell 2 percent from the beginning of the third quarter through July 27.
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Weekly Unemployment Claims Remain at Historically Low Levels
Like jobless claims, the unemployment rate has been hovering around historically low levels over the past couple of years.
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Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Cools Sharply in June
Personal income and spending slowed as months-long elevated prices weighed on consumers.
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OpenAI’s Models Broke out of Test Environment, Accessed External Accounts
One of the AI models involved was an unreleased internal prototype that OpenAI has since shut down.
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Why the Years Before 73 Matter so Much for Retirees
Smart tax moves before RMDs begin can help reduce future taxes and let you keep more of your retirement savings.
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US GDP Growth Decelerates to 1.5 Percent in 2nd Quarter
Solid consumer spending and business investment were not enough to match economists’ forecasts.
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Disease Caused by Cyclospora Parasite Now in 45 States: CDC
The main symptom of cyclosporiasis is diarrhea.
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US Awards Lockheed Martin $58.6 Billion Patriot Missile Contract
The seven-year deal aims to triple production of PAC-3 MSE interceptors by the end of 2030.
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Regulations Should ‘Steer’ AI Agents Into Being ‘Intrinsically Good,‘ Says ‘Godfather of AI’
Nobel Prize physicist Geoffrey Hinton told state lawmakers that governments can require that developers install ‘good behavior’ in large language models.
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Major Australian Petrol Firm Eyes 150 Percent Revenue Lift After Iran War
Ampol owns the Lytton refinery in Brisbane the only other fuel refiner in Australia.
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Centre-Right Queensland, NT Governments Reject Renewable Power Plan for AI Data Centres
The two northern jurisdictions rejected a Commonwealth plan to force AI data centres to underwrite new renewable power, exposing a widening federal-state rift.
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