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Does the US have too many spaceports, or too few?

There are more licensed private spaceports in the United States than you might guess — but depending on who you ask, there aren’t nearly enough.Last year saw new records set regarding the

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Court trial goes online in China amid virus outbreak

A court trial went online in east China's Shandong Province amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China. No plaintiff, defendant or agent showed up Monday at t

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61-year-old Norwegian wins his 13th title in Femund Dog Sled Race

The 31st edition of the Femund Dog Sled Race in Norway on Monday saw local favorite Robert Soerlie winning the race and capturing his 13th title in the grueling cross-country event, claimed by org

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Shakira and J-Lo make football history

01:10 Shakira and Jennifer Lopez made football history as the first Latina duo to headline the Super Bowl.Shakira, from Barranquilla, Colombia and Jennifer Lopez, who is of Puerto Rica

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Stocks plunge as China market reopens after holiday

Chinese investors monitor stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, January 10, 2020. /AP Photo China stocks plunged more than 8 percent at market open as trade resumed on Monday following

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The case for cooperative tech startups

When Uber and Lyft went public, it wasn’t the drivers who got rich — it was the executives, investors and some early employees. In an era when it has become clear that tech executives and invest

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Record $4 billion Airbus fine draws line under 'pervasive' bribery

Airbus bribed public officials and hid the payments as part of a pattern of worldwide corruption, prosecutors said on Friday as the European planemaker agreed a record four billion U.S. dollars se

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Israeli youths send 100,000 masks and gloves to Wuhan

09:15 YChina was founded by a group of young people from across the world living in China. They produce videos that introduce China in a unique and interesting way.Amid the novel coron

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Five killed in gas blast in Russian factory

Five people were killed and three others injured on Friday as a gas-air mixture went off in a factory in eastern Russia, the country's Ministry of Emergency Situations said. The explosion, which happ

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Taiwan reports second native novel coronavirus infection

Taiwan on Thursday confirmed the second native infection of the novel coronavirus that caused pneumonia, raising the total confirmed cases on the island to nine. The p

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First case of coronavirus spread person-to-person found in the U.S.

Health officials in the U.S. reported Thursday the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus.The man is the spouse of the Chicago woman who got sick from the virus after she return

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Being a child actress prepared me for a career in venture capital 

It takes guts to be a VC, but being a child actress prepared me well for the challenge.In addition to the serial rejection even the most successful actors experience in audition after audition, life o

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CloudTrucks raises $6.1 million to help truckers run their businesses

After selling autonomous driving startup Scotty Labs to DoorDash just five months ago, entrepreneur Tobenna Arodiogbu is back with a new startup. This time, he’s focused solely on truck drivers

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Iceberg risk to tourists: Experts fear Titanic moment

Climate change means an increasing number of ice bergs are breaking off from Antarctica and risking cruise ships.

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Lyft confirms 90 layoffs as it targets profitability

Shares of popular American ride-hailing giant Lyft are off 3% today in regular trading after the New York Times reported that the company would cut some staff. TechCrunch confirmed with the company t

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China's outbound travel ban weighs on global tourism

China has confirmed 4,515 cases of patients infected with the new coronavirus as of January 28, with the death toll resulting from the contagious virus standing at 106. /VCG Photo Travel plans

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Casper’s valuation could fall 40% in IPO as it reports 2019 results

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re taking stock of the latest from Casper, the D2C mattress company