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Facebook may overtake Google as Internet’s most powerful company, doubles quarterly profit
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Severe menopause symptoms: Study reveals the miseries of a sedentary lifestyle, couch potatoes to suffer
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American Apparel’s bankruptcy plan confirmed as former CEO’s takeover plan is rejected
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BuzzFeed slapped with $11m defamation lawsuit by news agency Central European News
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Tuberculosis treatment: China’s catastrophic health expenditure for tuberculosis needs improved universal healthcare
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iPhone’s Google search: Transcript vanishes after it reveals Google paid Apple $1.42 billion dollars in 2014
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The China hand in Australia’s wine exports: Soaring demand rakes in $2.1 billion, highest since 2007
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Barclays’ Australian exit: Company succumbs to strict regulations, slow markets and competition
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Microsoft Band 2 in Australia: The ‘new sub-segment of smart bands’ available at $379
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There is no winner since both phones are equally competitive.
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