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AI will cost jobs, Trump doesn’t get this: Mark Cuban
22 Feb 2017
Investor mark Cuban's comments come after major technology chief executives have warned about the impact of automation and AI on jobs
Oil prices to nosedive as US fills Opec gap: report
22 Feb 2017
Crude prices could plunge toward $30 a barrel — a rout of about 40 per cent from current levels — unless OPEC extends production cuts that are propping up the market
Tony Blair urges Britons to exit Brexit
17 Feb 2017
Blair also launched a direct attack on Theresa May and senior cabinet ministers, who, he said, were highlighting the demerits of Brexit six months ago, but are now seeing it as an "opportunity"
Thwarted by courts, Trump mulls tweaking travel ban
11 Feb 2017
No matter he chooses to do, Trump will face a difficult battle to restore the ban, as judges indicated that the administration’s proposed concessions - which presumably could turn into rewritten legislation - don’t go far enough
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