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Verizon’s BlueJeans acquisition is about more than the work-from-home trend

It would be easy to assume that Verizon’s purchase last week of video-conferencing tool BlueJeans was an opportunistic move to capitalize on the sudden shift to remote work, but the ball began r

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Xi inspects northwest China's Shaanxi Province

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Xi went to Niubeiliang Nationa

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Germany's coronavirus cases surpass 140,000, fatality rate at 3.1 pct

Germany reported 1,775 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, raising the country's cumulative number of infection to 141,672, fresh figures showed on Monday. A further 110 patien

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Brescia President Massimo Cellino tests positive for new coronavirus

Massimo Cellino, president of Serie A's Brescia. /VCG "I have COVID-19," confirmed Massimo Cellino, president of Serie A's Brescia Calcio to La Repubblica on Saturday."I have been in Cagliari

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Answer Bank: Should I make my own hand sanitizer?

As the coronavirus continues to spread globally, panic buying over COVID-19 pandemic has led to a variety of household products flying off the shelves at your local stores, including hand sanitize

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The Latest: Italy registers 175,925 coronavirus cases, death toll at 23,227

A shop selling children's products reopens in Rome, Italy, April 15, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua)Of those infected, some 2,733 patients are in intensive care, down by 79 compared to the pre

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COVID-19: UK Royal couple say lockdown 'stressful' on mental health

Coronavirus lockdown is "stressful" for many people and it is important to look after mental health, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have said. REUTERS. Coronavirus lockdown is "stressful" f

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Saving, not spending, is the new hotness in fintech

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Yesterday news broke that Robinhood is on the hunt for new capital at a roughly fl

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China's Q1 industrial output falls 8.4 pct as virus hurts activities

China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, fell 8.4 percent in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, as the novel coronavirus outbreak deal

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GE Healthcare and Microsoft are bringing a COVID-19 patient monitoring tool to health systems

GE Healthcare is extending its longtime collaboration with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systems.GE Healthcare had originally intended to debut its

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China's farm produce prices retreat for 7th straight week

Prices of farm produce in China continued to decline last week, edging down for seven weeks in a row, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed Wednesday. From April 6

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Slovenia receives protective gear donations from China amid pandemic

The Chinese Embassy in Slovenia on Tuesday handed over protective gear donated by Chinese organizations here at a civil defense warehouse, to support Slovenia's fight against COVID-19. The protectiv

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China sees improvement in ecological environment

China saw visible progress in ecological environment protection as the quality of surface water and air continued to improve in the first three months of 2020, monitor

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Australian airline Qantas "knowingly" exposes staff to COVID-19: union

Australia's leading airline has been accused of "knowingly" exposing baggage handlers to the COVID-19. The Transport Workers' Union (TWU) recently claimed that Qantas staff at Adelaide Airport wer

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Popular apps download and revenue take a hit in India as people stay home

The coronavirus pandemic, which has forced billions of people to stay home, has led to a surge in new downloads of several consumer and enterprise focused apps in the west. But in India, the biggest o

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Tornados in southern U.S. kill at least 32

The aerial photos show a mobile home park that saw multiple deaths after a tornado hit in Chatsworth, North Carolina, April 13, 2020. /AP Tornadoes ripped through the southern United States,

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Virgin Orbit completes key final test prior to first orbital demo launch

Virgin Orbit is closer than ever to its goal of launching orbital satellites from a platform carried aboard a modified 747 aircraft. The company flew a successful cryogenic captive carry test of its