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This year was supposed to be one big victory lap for Revolut, the UK’s largest fintech. The firm trumpeted its first ever year of profitability in March, having tripled its earnings year-on-year, and continues to hire at a blistering pace,…

A South Australian woman has received a $28,000 cash payout through a junk insurance refund she had no idea she was eligible for.Following a banking royal commission finding in 2019, financial institutions were ordered to set aside $10…

Good morning! It’s Friday, May 26, 2023,and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.Chase Elliott Explains the…

Photo: Imaginechina (AP)Building a commercial airliner is a task so monumental that there are only two significant manufacturers in the world, Airbus and Boeing. However, thePeople’s Republic of China hopes to break into the multi-billion…

Photo: Stefan Puchner (AP)Nikola’s story just went from bad to worse, with Reuters reporting that the much-beleaguered EV truck startup has received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange. It apparently no longer meets the…

Seagrass is the “ugly duckling of conservation,” Carlos Duarte says. He calculated that the plant may put away carbon at 10 times the rate of a mature rainforest. Duarte sees the project in the Bahamas as a blueprint (pun intended, he says)…

A $40 a fortnight rise in welfare payments is one step closer for millions of Australians.New laws boosting the rate of JobSeeker, along with other payments such as Youth Allowance and disability support pensions, were introduced to federal…

The countdown is on for Australians who want to pay off their student debt before it automatically increases when it is indexed on June 1.Soaring inflation will increase the HECS-HELP debt of more than three million Australians…

If you’re in the market for a sporty sedan or a sleek SUV, where are you looking? Probably somewhere German like BMW or Mercedes, right? Well, in an attempt to entice you into its showrooms instead, Alfa Romeo has slashed prices for its…

Photo: Mark Humphrey (AP)Say what you will about Tesla constantly changing the prices of its cars, but at the very least, when you go to order one, you know what price you’re going to pay that day. Maybe you could save $1,000 if you wait a…