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Taking Stock mid-terms special: The econ...

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Andy Uhler who's Energy Reporter in Residence at The University of Texas in Austin and Rema Rahman who is White House and Politics Editor at Bloomberg in Washington DC join Rahul Tandon to look at the fall out from this week's mid-term elections.

The look at the role the economy played in how people voted. The impact the result could have on Elon Musk and what it means for the future of data centres.

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