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

The US is sending a strong message to China with repeated B-52 bomber flights over disputed territory in the Pacific The heavy long-range bombers mean business.

The Aussie can't catch a break and could fall to 70c 'over the coming weeks' ANZ Bank is forecasting the AUD/USD will fall to 70c.

Economists think Australia's economy lost some momentum in the June quarter The median forecast looks for a quarterly increase of 0.7%, leaving the change on a year earlier at 2.8%. Year-ended growth stood at 3.1% in the March quarter.

The cost of the NBN just rose over $50 billion New NBN Co chief executive Stephen Rue has lifted the expected cost of the network rollout to $51 billion, with the infrastructure giant planning to raise an extra $2 billion from private sources around 2020.

Lego built a 1:1 scale model of a Bugatti Chiron -- and it hit a top speed of 20km/h Lego has completed a full-size replica of one of the world's most desirable sports cars.

Transurban is buying 51% of the WestConnex toll road for $9.26 billion Sydney Transport Partners, a consortium led by Transurban has won the bid for a 51% stake for 42 years.

Suncorp and Adelaide Bank are joining the race to lift interest rates Suncorp and Adelaide Banks are blaming "challenging" market conditions for raising variable rates  by up to 40 basis points.

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Google has funded an underwater drone that will hunt starfish killing the Great Barrier Reef Australian scientists built an underwater robot to identify predatory crown-of-thorns starfish and kill them .

BI Intelligence: The Future of Fintech Fintech is an umbrella term term for technologies powering innovation in financial services. This Business Insider Intelligence report cites three key factors for "true innovation" that are creating the ideal environment for fintech to flourish.

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