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Leading VC funds club together to offer remote office hours for 250+ European women founders

In the wake of International Women’s Day, a group of leading VC funds are grouping together to offer remote office hours for 250-plus women founders from across Europe on May 6th this year. Women foun

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McAfee sells enterprise biz to Symphony Technology Group for $4B

Security firm McAfee announced this morning that will be selling its enterprise business to a consortium led by the private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $4 billion.It should pair well wit

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Finding urban green space in Beijing: Longtan Park

Sitting right beside the Temple of Heaven, one of the top landmarks in Beijing that are commonly found on the postcards, Longtan Park is a lesser-known destination for

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Caretaker PM threatens to stop running government in Lebanon

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident

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Pakistan's PM wins vote of confidence after Senate setback

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan handily won a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Saturday, days after the embarrassing defeat of his ruling party’s key

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Caretaker PM threatens to stop running government in Lebanon

A file photo of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab Photograph. /AFP Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure

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Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins vote of confidence

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan survived a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday./AFP Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan survived a vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday

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Global COVID-19 infections rose last week for first time in 7 weeks

VCG The number of weekly reported COVID-19 infections rose last week, the first time in seven weeks that the figure went up, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Speaking on Wednes

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Will moving, ‘spacial video’ start to eat into square-box Zoom calls? SpatialChat thinks so

With most of us locked into a square video box on platforms like Zoom, the desire to break away and perhaps wander around a virtual space is strong. These new ways of presenting people — as small circ

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Coursera is planning to file to go public tomorrow

Coursera, an online education platform that has seen its business grow amid the coronavirus pandemic, is planning to file paperwork tomorrow for its initial public offering, sources familiar with the

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Income verification is white-hot right now, and Plaid wants in

Fresh off the termination of its planned merger with Visa, Plaid announced Thursday a new income verification product, which it said is aimed at “improving the lending lifecycle” with payroll data.Dub

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Ghana begins mass vaccination program against COVID-19

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a man at a hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 2, 2021. /Xinhua The government of Ghana has rolled out a program to commence the mass vaccination of

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Oscar Health prices IPO at $39 and secures a $9.5B valuation

Late last night Oscar Health, a tech-enabled medical insurance provider, priced its IPO at $39 per share. The final price came in $1 per share above its raised IPO guidance; Oscar Health had originall

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Beam raises $80M as the dental insurer looks to keep up rapid historical growth

This morning Beam, an insurtech startup that provides dental coverage to corporate employees, announced that it has closed an $80 million Series E. Mercato-affiliated Traverse led the investment, with

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Zoom earnings strong at close of pandemic-plagued year

Zoom forecasts in its quarterly earnings report released on March 1, 2021, that it will grow some 40 percent this year despite the likelihood that vaccines will make remote work and school less o

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Turkey's economy grows 1.8 pc in 2020

A hot-air balloon flies in the sky over Cappadocia, Turkey, on Feb. 20, 2021. /Xinhua Turkey's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.8 percent in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the coun

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China-EU Agreement on Geographical Indications comes into force

Ningxia wolfberry listed as China's Geographical Indications product. /CFP The China-EU Agreement on Geographical Indications is coming into force on Monday, protecting 200 prized foods from b