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Brent hits $85 as energy crisis stokes demand before winter
US crude futures posted an eighth straight weekly gain, the longest stretch of advances since 2015.
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Money
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Tech
Amazon's Zoox is testing self-driving cars in Seattle so they can learn to cope with lots of rain
Seattle is also the home-town of Zoox's parent company Amazon, which bought Zoox in June 2020 for a reported $1.2 billion (around R17 billion).
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Business Insider
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