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It's time to talk politics: Today: the Dutch have crushed the hopes of Europe's next top populist; Trump's unveiled his first budget as his revised travel ban gets into trouble; and the Conservatives have been fined a record £70,000 for campaign spending failures.

On the latest Market Wrap, mining company Anglo American's shares jumped almost 9% after Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal said he would buy a 12% stake in the company. The Bank of England voted to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.25%, but one of the Monetary Policy Committee members expressed concerns over inflation. Finally, sales have fallen at Sainsbury's during the first nine weeks of the year, but the newly-acquired Argos reported a strong growth.

Our Apprentices are four members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build their own share portfolios. Today's Apprentices were Matt Cox and Olivia Demetriades, and they were joined by Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

This week on "The Investment Trust Show", brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors, we looked at investing in UK small caps. Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined in studio by Harry Nimmo, Manager of the Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust and Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

The MI5 made "substantial contributions" to an investigation into one of the largest data breach in US history. Four people, including two Russian spies, have been charged over the hack at Yahoo. The US Justice Department says the hack targeted around 500 million account in 2014. Share Radio's James Brydges spoke to Dr Simon Moores, an information security analyst.

This is Future Tech where we look at the latest innovations and gadgets, and discuss all things technology related. This week we talk driverless vehicles. Companies such as Uber and Google are never far from the headlines in the race to market the technology. Recently California approved the road testing of self-driving cars but according to the House of Lord's Science and Technology Committee, who this week published their report into autonomous vehicles, it’s still a long road before they appear on British roads. Share Radio’s Tom Hill brings this report.

Are you an entrepreneur? Perhaps you're struggling to find the right path or the next step. Could taking a more spiritual approach help? John Reynard thinks it's not only compatible, but could be beneficial to business. He's built and sold two successful businesses, and written a book, 'The Spiritual Route to Entrepreneurial Success'. He joined Georgie in the studio.

On this week's magazine, a look on how to really invest in e-commerce. Plus, a reflection on the SNP's demand for a second Scottish independence referendum and what Theresa May's approach will be. Finally, a briefing on WTO terms and what would happen if the UK didn't reach a trade deal with the EU.

The US Federal Reserve increased its interest rate by 0.25 percentage points last night, that's the third time in a decade. The Fed seemed to be guiding markets not to expect three more rate rises this year. Gregory Daco, Chief US Economist at Oxford Economics joined us to discuss.

Each year PwC and the entrepreneur support group - Startupbootcamp - produce a report that looks at what's happening in the world of fintech. With plenty of new developments but uncertainty over the post-Brexit economy what might the future hold for the sector? To find out Share Radio's Joe Aldrigde spoke to Steve Davies, EMEA Fintech Leader at PwC.