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- £2bn rail upgrade proposal put forward for Midlands
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- Tesla faces delivery bottleneck at close of second-quarter: ElectrekShares of Tesla Inc fell 1.7% on Tuesday after news website Electrek reported that the electric-car maker has so far delivered 49,000 vehicles in North America during the second quarter, threatening its goal of a new record.
- Asia stocks retreat after Fed tempers aggressive rate cut expectationsAsian stocks retreated on Wednesday and the dollar inched up from three-month lows after Federal Reserve officials tempered expectations in the markets for aggressive monetary easing.
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- Apple buys self-driving car startup Drive.ai