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

Australian recyclable waste is now going to the tip because of an import ban by China A council in Queensland says it's going to send its recycleable waste to the tip.

Elon Musk reportedly tells Tesla employees that they should just leave meetings or hang up the phone if it's not productive Elon Musk reportedly sent Tesla employees a memo.

BAML says a flattening US yield curve won't stop the Fed from hiking rates The US yield curve -- the difference between short and longer-dated bond yields -- is flattening fast.

Australian inflation has been weak for years -- and economists reckon the start of 2018 was the same Economists are forecasting an annual increase of 1.85% in the March quarter.

The banking industry says the royal commission evidence is 'sobering' The banking industry has called behavior by the banks revealed in the financial services royal commission "unacceptable".

Valve, one of the world's biggest video games companies, just lost a major legal fight in Australia over a $3 million fine Valve Corporation, the US-based video game developer and distribution business with more than 2.2 million subscribers in Australia, has lost its High Court challenge.

Hong Kong is so expensive that a single parking space just broke a property record A car space in Hong Kong's Kowloon district is being rented for or HK$10,000 (US$1,274) a month.

Facebook doubled its European lobbying spend to $3 billion to handle crises like fake news and terrorism Filings show Facebook shelled out a record amount on its European lobbying operations in 2017, doubling spend to $US3 billion.

8 common words you probably didn't know came from TV shows TV shows like "Friends," "Saturday Night Live," "The Simpsons," and "Seinfeld" have made a lasting cultural impact. They even added words to the dictionary.

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