Volkswagen alleged to have rigged experiment with monkeys to show safe level of emissions

Volkswagen duped British officials into thinking one of its diesel cars produced less harmful emissions by rigging a test involving 10 monkeys, it has been alleged.The European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Time for gold to show its mettle against risky bitcoin

All eyes are on Davos this week, and it would seem the political elite have the knives out for bitcoin. UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond suggested that the currency's links to criminal... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigns as top GOP finance chairman

WASHINGTON (AP) — Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Saturday as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee amid allegations of sexual harassment and assault.Wynn has been a prolific Republican donor and led the RNC's fundraising... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Trump's high-risk reversal of 70 years of trade progress

In 1944, as the Allies were closing in on Nazi Germany, they did two things to try to ensure that the world would never again face a global war.That October, at a private mansion in Washington, representatives of the big powers... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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In LA, precarious times for the Times

The news has been frenetic lately for reporters at the Los Angeles Times . Massive wildfires swept a region just getting over a historic drought, followed by deadly mudslides, and then the explosive Turpin family child-abuse saga... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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$530 million lost in hack of Japan cryptocurrency exchange

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese exchange has lost 58 billion yen ($530 million) in cryptocurrency because of hacking, according to Japanese media reports.The Coincheck exchange said on its website Friday that it had halted sales and withdrawals... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Weird job names: What do they really mean?

We're well into the 21st century now meaning finding employment and understanding exactly what job posters are looking for is harder than ever.Employers looking to jazz up their ads or even freelancers trying to stand out from the... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Three ideas for how Apple should use its cash

In November 2017, I suggested that Apple should use some of its immense cash stockpile to buy rather than build its video library and streaming offerings. My idea was a straight purchase of Netflix in an all-stock deal valued at about... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Alaska officials want some state areas out of drilling plan

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's all-Republican congressional delegation three weeks ago praised Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke after he announced nearly all federal waters off the state's coast could be offered for oil and gas drilling.But... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Tesla customers get their first glimpse of the Model 3

More than 450,000 people have preordered the Tesla Model 3, the company's first mass-market sedan.On Friday morning, dozens of D.C.-area reservation holders - many of whom paid US$1,000 ($1,362) last year to reserve the vehicle... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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