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Social media was meant to bring us together. Fast-forward to 2017 and we've all gotten stuck in our own bubbles. Can our politics cope? On today's Book Review: '#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media' by Cass Sunstein.

On today's Wrap: Online fashion retailer Asos records a rise in half-year profits and sales, helped by a strong international performance, The FTSE 100 makes good gains even after a tough session for supermarkets, sales in Topps Tiles fall 4% during the first quarter of 2017 and much more. Simon is joined by Chris Bailey, the founder of Financial Orbit.

Tesla's market value has overtaken that of motoring giant Ford. The electric car maker's shares increased more than 7% last night, bringing its market value to $49bn at the close of trading. Ed Bowsher discussed further with tech consultant and journalist Chris Green.

Welcome to the first edition of Taxing Matters, with What Investment magazine. Every month, we’ll be discussing the tax implications of almost anything we choose to do with our money, from cash, business earnings to pension savings and everything else in between. The idea being we make the right decisions and get to keep and grow our finances in as tax efficient way as possible. Our first edition is looking back on the Budget and more specifically the dividend tax allowance. Our guests were David Thorpe, editor of What Investment and Allan Perry, financial adviser from Ascot Lloyd.

Ratings agency S&P has cut South Africa's credit rating to 'junk' status following President Zuma's move to fire finance minister Pravin Gordhan. For the latest developments, Ed Bowsher was joined by Chris Bishop, managing editor of Forbes Africa.

Welcome to Investor Focus - a collection of Share Radio's investment focused pieces. Today: how to diversify your passport; explaining trend investment; and could this so-called "shareholder spring" spread among other FTSE 100 firms.

Asos revenues and profits are up, but its shares slid. How come? Ed Bowsher was joined by Daniel Thomas, Financial Times deputy companies Editor for a look at the day's company news.

US futures are down, 10-year Treasury yields are at five week low, and oil prices are sliding. What's going on? Ed Bowsher was joined by Chris Beauchamp, Chief Market Analyst at IG to discuss this and more of the day's big macro news.

It's been revealed that the tech industry is the best in the UK at using gender-neutral language when it comes to job adverts. But what effect is this having on the gender balance - or imbalance - in the industry? Share Radio reporter Sara Macham spoke to Becky Barr from Adzuna, the job search engine which commissioned the research, to find out more.

Recently Deloitte published its Digital Predictions for 2017 focusing on the biggest areas set to change for consumer technology including automating braking systems and the growing versatility of smartphones. To talk through the report in more detail Share Radio's Tom Hill spoke to digital lead for consumer and industrial products at Deloitte, Phil Neal.