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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia Who will win today's Melbourne Cup, according to Big Data. Ride inside a street legal car as it hits 457km/h. And break out the asbestos undies - Australia's 50C summer days are close.

This is how Maile Carnegie ended up being paid more than her boss ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott Maile Carnegie, the former head of Google Australia who defected to run digital at the ANZ Bank, was the bank's highest paid senior executive last year, earning more than even her new boss, Shayne Elliott.

George Clooney explains why he's not acting as much anymore: a $1 billion tequila company George Clooney hasn't been acting much these days, and he recently said in an interview that it's because he doesn't need the money.

These 2 companies are riding the bitcoin wave and their stocks have skyrocketed by more than 1,000% Bitcoin, the red-hot digital currency, gained more than $US1,000 after exchange giant CME said it was preparing to launch a bitcoin futures product.

6 things Australian traders will be talking about this morning Don't expect a lot of action after 2.30pm.

Artillery strikes against ISIS in Syria were so intense they burned out 2 Marine howitzers US-backed forces announced they had recaptured Raqqa from ISIS fighters in mid-October.

Netflix is sliding following report Disney has been in talks to acquire parts of 21st Century Fox Netflix shares are slipping after the news.

Samsung made fun of the iPhone X in its latest ad Samsung and Apple have always been at odds, and the Korean giant has historically pulled no punches when it comes to mocking its adversary.

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