The US Justice Department has asked a federal court to force Google to sell Chrome, its popular web browser – a move that could reshape competition on the internet.

The Australian sharemarket finished Thursday’s session flat following a mixed day on Wall Street ahead of the much-anticipated results of the world’s most valuable company.

Auric Mining is set to bring in another grab bag of cash before Xmas by toll-treating the gold from its Goldfields-based Jeffrey’s Find project at another nearby mill.

Copper explorer Pan Asia Metals has trebled the acreage at its Rosario copper project in Chile by filing 26 new concession applications to extend its grounds to 86 square kilometres.

Real estate dynamo David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital has pulled off Australia’s biggest new public company listing in years.