the price of oil is rising on thursday a barrel of north sea brant crude oil surged above the eighty dollars mark for the first time since twenty fourteen one reason is the crisis surrounding iran plus opec and russia continuing to restrict their production venezuela is also producing less oil because of the ongoing unrest in the country. replace book c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is expected in brussels this coming tuesday to address the european parliament about the data scandal facebook has admitted to abusing the data of eighty seven million users by selling it the now defunct british data analysis firm cambridge analytical. has also stood before the u.s. senate to want so that questions about the affair. filmstar sound the high school for male actors to take a pay cut as a way to reduce the gender pay gap. she made the comments during an interview at camp film festival the day after dozens of female movie makers staged