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Obamacare 'on the cusp of falling apart' as insurers flee health exchangesFrustration grows among subscribers as companies are threatening to back out of health marketplaces, but some experts urge patience over growing pains
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Apple tax ruling is not an attack in the United States, says Juncker – videoEuropean commission president Jean-Claude Juncker says the idea that the ruling was meant to target a particular country is “totally absurd” -
Europe, Apple, and the money burning a hole in Silicon Valley’s walletCorporate America holds a startling $1.2 trillion offshore – or it did until Brussels intervened last week. At long last, will that cash be coming home? -
US jobs report: economy added 151,000 jobs in August, fewer than expectedUnemployment rate remains steady at 4.9% but numbers likely to fuel speculation Fed will delay any rise in interest rates
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Watchdog threatens legal action against Fox News after hacking allegationsMedia matters has called for an investigation after reports the network ‘illegally’ ordered an inquiry into reporter’s phone records – which some say is common
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Trump and Atlantic City: the lessons behind the demise of his casino empireIn 1990, Donald Trump threw a star-studded opening party at the $1.1bn Taj Mahal. Today, as it is about to be shut down, locals accuse him of ‘sucking the life and the money’ from the casino and leaving the city to deal with the fallout
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Meet the refugee campaigning against Trump: 'This is what America looks like'Tefere Gebre is leading labor union AFL-CIO’s effort to naturalize immigrants so that they can go out and vote for the America that welcomes everyone
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Sallie Krawcheck on her Wall Street ascent – and how to 'attack the boys' clubThe former head of Sanford C Bernstein and Smith Barney is behind an investment platform, Ellevest, designed around women’s financial priorities
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Car hacking is the future – and sooner or later you'll be hitSecurity is finally being taken seriously but the fact that we are increasingly entrusting our lives to self-driving cars creates unease
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Vice’s founder thinks television is failing young people – is he right?Shane Smith aimed to shake up the Edinburgh TV festival with his MacTaggart lecture –but many in the industry challenge his criticisms of old media
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Technology is killing the myth of human centrality – let's embrace our demotionThe stories we tell around technology shape both our understanding and the future of technology itself
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Korean palm oil firm accused of illegal forest burning in IndonesiaSome of the world’s biggest buyers have stopped trading with Korindo after the emergence of footage claiming to show illegal burning in Papua province
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British Airways resumes direct flights to Iran after sanctions are liftedAirline to operate six flights a week between London and Tehran for first time since October 2012
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Busy week of economic data gives further clues on Brexit voteUK consumer confidence report, manufacturing and construction surveys and house price data to shed further light on economic effect of the EU vote
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Brexit 'will put 75% of workers at risk of pension shortfall'People will have to save more for pensions to have income they were on course for before Britain voted out, say City experts
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Millennial financeMillennial financeFinancial Slavery: play confronts the weight of student debt at FringeNYCThe cast of Financial Slavery: The College Debt Sentence is made up of students facing generation’s ‘biggest political, social, economic crisis’
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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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Fantasy art: the future of energy and water technology - in picturesA selection of finalists from a biennial public art contest held by the Land Art Generator Initiative
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A car made from tequila? Ford Motor Co says it's good for the planetFord plans to introduce a new type of bioplastic for some of its car parts using waste materials generated by Jose Cuervo, the tequila manufacturer
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Ditch the car: how to visit America's national parks without the congestionTraffic congestion has become part of the experience of visiting popular national parks in the US. Now, more parks are beefing up their public transport options
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A Texas startup's big energy idea: storing electricity undergroundQuidnet Energy wants to make solar and wind energy more accessible by turning abandoned oil and gas wells into energy storage vaults
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