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Peloton stock spikes as the at-home fitness company finds potential customers stuck at home

As governments across the country weigh whether to push non-essential public venues like gyms to close, more people are searching out expensive gear from Peloton .The public markets are obviously seei

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China's online entertainment industry expands amid epidemic

China's online entertainment industry has shown strong vitality due to people's growing online cultural and entertainment consumption during the novel coronavirus epide

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Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows

New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unn

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All the startups threatened by iOS 14’s new features

Fitness, wallpaper, and lost item-finding startups could have a big new competitor baked into everyone’s iPhones. Leaks of the code from iOS 14 that Apple is expected to reveal in June signal se

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TFLiving, with $4.8M in seed funding, wants to be the Uber for amenities

TFLiving, looking to bring amenities to residential and commercial spaces, has today announced the close of a $4.8 million seed financing led by Camber Creek. Courtside Ventures, and other strategic i

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Home workout enthusiasm boosts fitness equipment sales amid epidemic

Wu Yucan, a middle school student in Chongqing, southwest China, exercises at home during the prolonged winter vacation amid the COVID-19 epidemic on Feb. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao) The majori

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WellSet is doing a limited launch in Los Angeles of its alternative medicine booking platform

Alternative and holistic healthcare seekers in the Los Angeles area have a new service they can turn to in WellSet, the listing platform that launched on Tuesday. Through the service, customers coming

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Online workout popular among Chinese amid epidemic

With fitness trainer's video playing from her smartphone, Du Wanjiao, the 37-year-old white-collar, was stretching with a elastic belt while being quarantined in her a

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Jong May practices aerial yoga

As an American in Beijing, Jong May works at an online English platform. She also has an aerial yoga teachers certificate and teaches yoga as a hobby. During the coronavirus breakout, she has been pr

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UK coronavirus 'superspreader' case shows importance of cooperation

Transport hubs are being scrutinized for infected people (Credit: Firdia Lisnawati/AP) A British businessman who unwittingly spread the novel coronavirus as he traveled across the world is hig

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Negotiatus, looking to help businesses optimize purchasing, raises $10 million

Negotiatus, a SaaS business meant to optimize and streamline the purchasing and procurement process for businesses, has today announced the close of a $10 million Series A round.The funding was led by

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Epidemic anxiety: How to manage it, stay healthy during virus outbreak

The novel coronavirus has infected more than 20,000 and killed at least 400 in China, according to the National Health Commission. The pneumonia-causing virus labeled the 2019-nCoV infects the res

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Payments infra startup Finix closes $35M Series B led by Sequoia

This morning Finix, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup selling payments tech to other businesses, announced that it has raised a $35 million Series B. Sequoia led the round, which also saw partici

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Top 10 meditation apps pulled in $195M in 2019, up 52% from 2018

The millennial obsession with wellness and self-care has led to a booming business for meditation apps. In the first quarter of 2018, app intelligence firm Sensor Tower had reported the top 10 “

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Feature: Syrians traumatized by war turn to Yoga for health stress reliever

Stress and depression are modern illnesses in Syria due to the long-standing war, which pushes Syrians to search for alternatives to release the stress without the sid

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Andy Murray comeback delayed by pelvic injury setback

Andy Murray says he is not putting a time frame on his recovery from a pelvic injury after delaying his comeback to the middle of February at the earliest.The injury fo

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Andy Murray comeback delayed by pelvic injury setback

Andy Murray says he is not putting a time frame on his recovery from a pelvic injury after delaying his comeback to the middle of February at the earliest.The injury fo