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The local share market is set to open lower despite a strong rebound on Wall Street overnight.  Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  Source link

With some foreign countries offering cheaper living expenses, it is no surprise that moving overseas to retire is increasingly attractive to some older Australians. But before you up stumps and book that flight, read this. Source link

It’s often claimed Australia has an EV public charger shortage, but analysis of exclusive data shows most fast charger sites are not congested. Source link

To its supporters, this proposed data centre will provide much-needed regional jobs, but in the nation’s driest state, critics say the draw on river water to cool the machines could be too great. Source link

A global telco that failed to stop more than 1,000 scam text messages from reaching Australians has faced no consequences, the ABC can reveal.  Source link

From former post offices to pumping stations, there are buildings with commercial histories all around Australia. Could repurposing them into homes help with the housing supply?  Source link

A new lease has been announced for the abandoned Double Island resort, and Brad Pitt, Keanu Reaves and Jennifer Aniston have been invited back for the reopening party. Source link

The ASX closed down today, led by mining and tech stocks. Oil has also fallen as the US-Iran peace deal lifts the outlook for supply. Source link

Tasmania’s cool climate and access to renewable energy has made it an attractive place for AI data centre investment, but energy industry voices are warning that the business case for the Marinus Link project appears increasingly unviable if power-hungry players such as AI data centres continue to expand across the state. Source link

Jotika and Sunny Sharma took out a loan to purchase their Sydney franchise in 2015. When the lease expired this year, their relationship with the convenience store giant turned ugly. Source link