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Trump adds billionaire Carl Icahn to team as special adviser on regulationYet another wealthy businessman, who invests in the oil industry and bought the president-elect’s floundering Atlantic City casinos, joins transition team -
Witness says self-driving Uber ran red light on its own, disputing Uber's claimsCompany insists traffic violations in San Francisco are the result of ‘human error’ by drivers who can take control if needed, but witness account contradicts this
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Christine Lagarde damaged but able to limp on at IMFWashington-based organisation’s board had little appetite for what would be a fraught process to pick replacement managing director
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Boring! Is Elon Musk digging his own hole?The technology multisquillionaire tweeted from a traffic jam that he is going to build some tunnel-boring machines and dig us into utopia
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Donald Trump faces Senate backlash over ‘cabinet of billionaires’President-elect vowed to ‘drain the swamp’ in Washington but critics say key roles for business elite is not the way
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The only way he can square higher infrastructure and defence spending with tax cuts is voodoo economicsWhat the US economy doesn't need from Donald Trump
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California threatens legal action against Uber unless it halts self-driving carsThreat from the attorney general came shortly after Uber declared it would defy state regulations, a move the company called ‘an important issue of principle’
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Facebook to begin flagging fake news in response to mounting criticismDisputed articles will be marked with the help of users and outside fact checkers amid widespread criticism that fake news influenced the US election
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Australia says new efficiency standards says could cut fuel spending by $28bnNew standards could reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by up to 65m tonnes by 2030, government claims
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China limits cars and closes factories in smog red alertHundreds of Beijing companies forced to stop production and hospitals prepare for surge in pollution-related illnesses
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France plans internet ombudsman to safeguard free speechOmbudsman role would serve to protect companies from spurious complaints and prevent excessive censorship
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How the sale of Darwin port to the Chinese sparked a geopolitical brawlIn an extract from their new book, two Northern Territory writers tell how the NT’s leader Adam Giles hoped to use the leasing to get ‘off the teat of Canberra’. Instead his move thrust his government into the centre of Asia-Pacific tensions
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Millennial financeMillennial financeWill you be financially better off than your parents? Don't count on itNearly half of 30-year-olds earn less than their parents did at that age. The impact on politics has been clear: a new spirit of populism and unrest
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Money and feminismMoney and feminism'Eggs in the bank': how one clinic is making egg freezing less expensiveExtend Fertility cuts the $10,000 price tag in half to give women with demanding careers or chronic illnesses more accessible options in planning for their futures
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Why is corporate America picking wind power over solar?Google, Microsoft, Dow Chemical and other big companies are buying five times more wind than solar electricity in the race to hit ambitious emissions targets
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This $500 shirt changes color when exposed to air pollution – but who does it help?A NYC-based designer says he wants to make people pay more attention to the environment. But at these prices, is this more art than activism?
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The ethical Christmas gift guide: what to get those who love to give backWe all know people who turn up their nose at the needless excess of the holiday season. Here’s how to wow the environmentalist, feminist and more
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The surprising key to viable carbon sequestration: build more highwaysMany innovations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide have been put forward. Now, a California entrepreneur is proposing a more practical solution
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