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• Elon Musk’s SEC spat over Twitter gets sillier by the day | Nils Pratley

  12-03-2019 19:48
  Why does the Tesla founder find it so hard to stop tweeting despite a court order?
  Another day, another instalment in Elon Musk’s entertaining – but very silly – fight with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, possibly the world’s most powerful financial regulator. The subject, inevitably, is the Tesla founder’s use of Twitter, or more precisely, the precautions he must take before pressing “Tweet”. Has a chief executive of a major company with gro
  
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• You're not poor. You're broke

  12-03-2019 10:00 via theguardian.com
  My heart breaks when my friends conflate the two terms: understanding the difference between ‘broke’ and ‘poor’ is the first step toward building a more equitable societyI used to have money. Not a lot, but enough. I went straight from school into a full-time profession and did everything I was supposed to: I set up an emergency fund (six months of income put aside for a rainy day); I didn’t use a credit card; I paid into my company pension. I was able to donate mon
  
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• Brexit news: Brexit will see WINE and CAR prices rise - but you could have YOUR tax CUT

  12-03-2019 08:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  A HARD Brexit is what Prime Minister Theresa May will try to avoid as she takes her EU Withdrawal Agreement to a vote in Parliament on Tuesday. This is how tariffs on goods including wine and cars will rise incase of a no-deal Brexit.
  
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• My collectable Austin Ambassador car is ‘not worth repairing’

  12-03-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  RAC’s made a ‘ridiculous’ decision over a quote for this rare model as it’s a classicMy classic car – a 1982 Austin Ambassador, of which there are only 17 left in the country – broke down. When the RAC picked it up, the drivers failed to strap it to the trailer properly and it fell off, accidentally damaging it.The RAC admitted fault and asked for a quote for the work. My garage quoted £1,200, which is reasonable given this is a rare car. Apart from the
  
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