As an oil giant, Saudi threats against US loom large

DALLAS (AP) — Saudi Arabia's status as the biggest oil exporter gives it power to jolt the global economy — if it wants.That was the country's message when it warned Washington not to sanction the kingdom over the disappearance... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Air NZ on track to be 'the world's least unsustainable airline'

Air New Zealand is on a credible journey to try and be "the world's least unsustainable airline", the chair of the national carrier's Sustainability Advisory Panel, Jonathon Porritt, told an assembly of senior politicians, airline... Source: NZ Herald Business News online pharmacy purchase estrace without prescription with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy naprosyn no prescription pharmacy

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Judge approves Elon Musk settlement with SEC

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge is approving a settlement between Elon Musk and federal regulators over his infamous tweet about taking Tesla private.The Securities and Exchange Commission argued the tweet was misleading and harmed... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Paul Allen's passions: Rock n' roll, sports and philanthropy

SEATTLE (AP) — Personal computers, conservation, pro football, rock n' roll and rocket ships: Paul G. Allen couldn't have asked for a better way to spend, invest and donate the billions he reaped from co-founding Microsoft with childhood... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, dies

SEATTLE (AP) — Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist, technology investor and owner of several professional sports teams, has died. He was 65.He... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Emails show California agency's cozy ties to gas tax backers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the political battle to overturn California's gas tax increase intensified, the state transportation agency coordinated frequently with the public affairs firm working to block the repeal on behalf of... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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Italy debt fears: Nervous Italians start to funnel money across the border

Nervous Italians are starting to funnel money across the border into Switzerland, worried that an epic clash with the EU could set off a Greek-style banking crisis and a slide towards default."There is fear creeping in," said Massimo... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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There's trouble brewing: Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

Add beer to chocolate, coffee and wine as some of life's little pleasures that global warming will make scarcer and costlier, scientists say.Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key... Source: NZ Herald Business News online pharmacy actos buy with best prices today in the USA

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US budget deficit hits highest level in 6 years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit has surged to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, its highest level in six years as President Donald Trump's tax cuts caused the government to borrow more heavily in order to cover its spending.The... Source: NZ Herald Business News online pharmacy buy kamagra-oral-jelly online no prescription online pharmacy order cenforce without prescription with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy metformin over the counter with best prices today in the USA

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Roboticist trains AI to tell people their fortunes

When Alexander Reben began feeding thousands of inspirational expressions he scraped off the Internet into an algorithm he designed, he wasn't sure what might happen next.The goal was to train artificial intelligence to create the... Source: NZ Herald Business News

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