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Vroom targets nearly $2B valuation in impending IPO

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Used-car marketplace Vroom continued its march towards going public yesterday with

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Wuhan University to welcome back students

Wuhan University announced late on Monday that graduating students currently in China's mainland and postgraduates with scientific research tasks currently in China's

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U.S. cutting ties with WHO sabotages world order: Russian expert

U.S. terminating its relationship with WHO is another example of "destroying the world order that Americans do not welcome," says Yuri Tavrovsky, chairman of Experts Commission of Russia-Chinese Commi

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Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations

Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed

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Don't treat Italy like a leper colony says foreign minister

Italy will not be treated like a leper colony, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Saturday, promising a warm welcome to foreign tourists this summer and warning oth

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China to take all necessary measures to hit back if US insists on harming China: spokesperson

China urged the United States on Friday to stop interfering in Hong Kong affairs and China's internal affairs, saying China will take all necessary measures to hit back if the U.S. side is bent on

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Greece releases first list of 29 countries allowed to send tourists as of mid-June

Greece's government released on Friday the first list of 29 countries allowed to send tourists to the country as of June 15 by flights to the airports of Athens and The

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Foundation for "one country, two systems" more solid, future of HK brighter: spokesperson

China's national legislature adopting a decision on the national security legislation for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ( HKSAR) makes the foundation for

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WHO appreciates China's openness to joint efforts to identify source of COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that it appreciates China's openness to joint efforts by the international science community to identify the source of the virus, and that such a s

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Washington governor says reopening should be driven by data, science

The governor of the U.S. state of Washington said Friday that decisions of reopening states should be driven by data and science, not the calendar, as more counties st

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API startups are so hot right now

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.A cluster of related companies recently caught our eye by raising capital in rapid

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RBI cuts rates again to soften virus blow

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday slashed its key policy rate for a second time this year in an emergency meeting to counter the impact from a two-month-long lockdown to contain the spread

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Google highlights accessible locations with new Maps feature

Google has announced a new, welcome and no doubt long asked-for feature to its Maps app: wheelchair accessibility info. Businesses and points of interest featuring accessible entrances, bathrooms and

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World Bank names Harvard professor Carmen Reinhart as chief economist

World Bank Group President David Malpass on Wednesday announced that Harvard University professor Carmen Reinhart has been appointed as its new vice president and chie

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Despite COVID-19, optimism reigns in the Midwest’s startup scene

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Startups in the Midwest are optimistic despite the fact that a fair number of comp

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Italy warns against ‘tourism corridors’ between EU states in about-face, urges reopening all borders AT ONCE

Italy urged fellow EU countries to work together to reanimate the tourism industry after the coronavirus pandemic, speaking against any bilateral deals between member s

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Microsoft’s Visual Studio Live Share gets built-in voice and text chat

Visual Studio Live Share is Microsoft’s tool for real-time collaborative code editing in the Visual Studio IDE and the Visual Studio Code editor. Earlier this year, the company also launched a p