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The best and worst of facial scans
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already in more people's daily lives than many realise.

ERoad reports wider net loss
ERoad reported a wider net loss in the 2017 financial year, but was better than forecast.

British Airways chaos wipes £360m off owner
Almost $654m has been wiped off the value of IAG following the computer systems failure.

Manuka honey fight is one we need to have
COMMENT: GI registration won't work for all farming communities or products.

Virtual reality revamping real estate
Real estate firm ApartMint is using virtual reality to revolutionise operations.

Setback for Super Fund
Legal challenge over US$150m investment in bad Portuguese bank suffers setback.

World Bank star economist sidelined
The World Bank's chief economist has been stripped of his management duties.

Topshop's $90 million fashion mistake
Topshop Australia has gone into administration, but what went wrong for high street chain?

US stocks edge higher, dollar gains
US stocks limped into the weekend on a sluggish final day of trading.

Did SMEs miss out in the Budget?
There wasn't anything of real benefit for SMEs in the Budget, says an industry head.

Is an angry boss affected by senility?
COMMENT: Employee wonders whether to share suspicions about boss's health with management.

Sir Philip Green to rescue Aussie Topshop
Sir Philip Green is considering a plan to rescue Australian arm of fashion chain Topshop.

Hershey sued for 'under-filling' sweets
A lawsuit is alleging Hershey is intentionally under-filling packages of Whoppers.

Retail therapy for Wall St
Wall St rallied sending the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to record highs.

Trump's budget is a CEO's budget
COMMENT: Budgets are meant to constrain and enforce discipline in an organisation.

Transport drives $32.5b infrastructure spend
New roads and rail upgrades will suck up about a third of the infrastructure spending.

SeaDragon confirms profit loss will widen
SeaDragon has confirmed its 2017 annual loss would widen.

Wall St ticks higher
Wall Street moved higher as investors eyed minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting

Bank of England Gov tricked by email scam
Mark Carney has become the second senior figure to fall victim to hoax emails.

Amazon's latest idea is bananas
There's always money in the banana stand, except when Amazon gives them away for free.

$100 of bitcoin in 2010 worth $75m today
The price of a single bitcoin has soared to $2,200 from just $0.003 seven years ago.

Google cozies up to China
Google's effort to thaw relations with China involves an artificial intelligence pow-wow.

Wall St moves higher, Trump budget relief
Wall Street moved higher amid initial relief about US Donald Trump's budget plan.

Practical solutions top of mind for SMEs
Small and medium businesses are hoping to see practical support from tomorrow's Budget.

Top tips for directors during a crisis
COMMENT: Few executives, or board members, really know how to prepare and plan for crisis

The end for Indian outsourcers - or is it?
Indian IT industry generates $150 billion but is facing an crisis of its own making.