| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
Britons go to the polls today to vote on whether to leave the European Union, ending a vigorous three-month campaign. The race is too close to predict, according to opinion polls, but betting markets have been hovering between an 80 percent and an 86 percent probability that Britain will remain in the EU. The "remain" camp argues that leaving the trading bloc will devastate the British economy and create chaos in financial markets. The "leave" camp says Britain will be stronger outside the EU. The result could come down to younger Britons, who are more supportive of the EU, but less likely to vote. Reuters is covering the whole thing minute-by-minute. A full multimedia package of positions, polls and odds is here. 
A woman cycles out of a polling station for the Referendum on the European Union in Chelsea, London, Britain, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Digits of the day: 20 hours
Wall Street wiped $3 billion off of Tesla Motors' market cap, after founder Elon Musk announced he would take over solar power company SolarCity, a company that Musk already controls. Not every investor hates the deal. But many of the big ones do. Quote of the day: "This deal feels like (Musk) has lost his Midas touch. I also feel like Musk is trying to do too much." – Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine Capital, which does not hold Tesla shares.
Around the country - Donald Trump says his golf-course business "makes a lot of money." But a Reuters investigation of his 12 courses shows he has likely lost millions.
- The Republican-led House of Representatives agreed to $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus, just more than half of President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion funding request. The White House called the funding "four months late and nearly a billion dollars short…and steals funding from other health priorities."
- Seizing on nationwide fury over the six-month jail term handed to a former Stanford University swimmer following his conviction for sexual assault of an unconscious woman, California lawmakers introduced legislation to close a loophole that allowed the sentence.
Around the world - The enemy of my enemy is – also my enemy. So goes the struggle against Islamic State, in which the Free Syrian Army and the Kurdish YPG militia, backed by the United States, are also trying to kill each other.
- North Korea now has the capability to attack U.S. interests in the Pacific, Kim Jong Un boasted. A spokesman for South Korea's military, Jeon Ha-gyu, said the second launch demonstrated "technical progress in terms of its engine capacity." However, Jeon said it would not be meaningful to discuss whether it was a success because it was not a normal flight. Meanwhile, Japan examined the suspected nose cone of a North Korean rocket that washed up on a Japanese beach hoping to glean information on the reclusive state's ballistic missile program.
- Russia is likely to deploy advanced nuclear-capable missiles in Kaliningrad by 2019, in response to a U.S.-backed missile shield in Europe. Russia may one day put them in Crimea too, military sources predict.
Around Wall Street - Fiat Chrysler is speeding up its software fix for 1.1 million vehicles that were recalled because of risks they would roll away if the shifter was inadvertently left in neutral instead of park. "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin was crushed to death by a rollaway Jeep Grand Cherokee, according to police.
- Five Viacom directors won a round against the company's largest shareholder, Sumner Redstone, when a Delaware judge ruled they could remain in place despite the 93-year-old mogul's effort to oust them. The judge said they can stay on the board until the question of Redstone's mental competency is decided. Redstone, who has trouble speaking and needs around-the-clock care, already removed two directors from the trust that controls his shares should he die or become incapacitated. Those two directors sued Redstone, claiming he was mentally incompetent.
- An app that smells – in a good way: That's what venture capitalist Redg Snodgrass is looking for. A powerful portable electronic nose would be able to analyze what someone has eaten or drunk based on the chemicals they emit; detect disease early via an app; or smell the fear in a potential terrorist. He's one of a number of investors and companies, including Philips and Samsung, working on a digital schnozz. The problem is, unlike light and sound, scent is not energy, but mass, according to Harvard chemical engineer David Edwards. That means each smell requires a different kind of sensor, making devices bulky and limited in what they can do. The aroma of coffee, for example, consists of more than 600 components.
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