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Asian markets down amid Evergrande fallout
Asian shares have mainly drifted lower as investors continued to fret over China Evergrande Group's unsolved debt crisis and eyed the potential impact of a widening power shortage in China.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.
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Australian Associated Press
Give us powers to rein in Google: ACCC
Australia's competition watchdog says it needs new powers to curb Google's dominance in advertising technology that sells ads for sites such as YouTube.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Tuesday published the findings of an inquiry into advertising technology and claims publishers, advertisers and consumers are disadvantaged.
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Bidding contest for Priceline operator API
Sigma Healthcare has started a contest to buy pharmacy operator Australian Pharmaceutical Industries and claims to have trumped Wesfarmers' offer.Sigma on Monday proposed buying all shares in the Priceline and Soul Pattinson chemists owner in a deal worth about $773 million.
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Australian Associated Press
Beware 'pump and dump' stock campaigns
People are increasingly using social media to "pump and dump" shares while other participants are left with heavy losses.Financial watchdog ASIC said more attempts were being made to co-ordinate share price increases, which could be illegal market manipulation.

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Asian markets down amid Evergrande fallout