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Alibaba Cloud revenue reaches $1.5B for the quarter on 62% growth rate

Alibaba issued its latest earnings report yesterday, and the Chinese eCommerce giant reported that cloud revenue grew 62 percent to $1.5 billion U.S., crossing the RMB10 billion revenue threshold for

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Why startups are raising more venture debt as VC dollars near all-time records

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.As I write to you, SaaS and cloud stocks are busy setting fresh all-time highs and

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The six strategic stages of seed fundraising in 2020

Seed fundraising is rarely easy, but it certainly used to be a lot less complicated than it is today. In a simpler world, a seed investor (or maybe two) would lead a round, which meant that they would

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Better know a CSO: Dropbox head of security Justin Berman

Justin Berman has one of the most important jobs at Dropbox.As head of security, he oversees the company’s cybersecurity strategy, its defenses and works daily to keep its more than 600 million

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Virgin Galactic relocates SpaceShipTwo ‘VSS Unity’ to its spaceport for preparations ahead of commercial flights

Virgin Galactic is one crucial step closer to actually flying paying customers to space: The space tourism company just relocated its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the VSS Unity, from its Mojave, California

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Tradeshift cuts headcount by three figures in effort to turn towards profitability

Last month, Tradeshift, a platform for supply chain payments that has achieved unicorn status in recent years, had some good news and some bad news. It announced a Series F funding round of $240 mill

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Pep Guardiola fears sack if Man City lose to Real Madrid

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said he could be sacked if he fails to beat Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.Guardiola has won five major trophies in three seasons at the E

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Boston Celtics will retire KG's number this season

Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics does his signature screaming in the game against the Utah Jazz at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, December 15, 2008. /VCG Photo The Boston Celtics a

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Will the China-U.S. trade deal be spoiled by a virus outbreak?

03:22 This Friday or February 14 is Valentine's Day, a celebration of romance around the world. It's also a day when Beijing and Washington show each other a little bit of love with th

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NBA highlights on Feb. 13: Celtics beat Clippers in double OT

Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics reacts in the game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, February 13, 2020. /VCG Photo Los Angeles Clippers 133-141 Bos

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Coronavirus threatens implementation of China-U.S. phase-one deal

02:40 The China-U.S. phase-one agreement takes effect on Friday, but with China reeling from the novel coronavirus outbreak, experts say more consultations may be needed to discuss the

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Backgrounder: Munich Security Conference

The 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is scheduled to open in the southern German city of Munich on Friday and run through Sunday. Known as the "Davos" in global s

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Science behind the virus: How long will it take to develop a vaccine?

04:11 Since 2003 the world has faced three outbreaks caused by the coronavirus family. But a vaccine was absent during the outbreak of SARS, and MERS, and very likely, this time too. B

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Across China: Chinese find stay-at-home joy in challenging times

Zhang Tongyu, a seven-year-old who lives in Xingcheng of northeast China's Liaoning Province, turned her living room into a Latin dance studio during this year's exten

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China releases 14,000 tonnes of pork from state reserves

China on Friday released 14,000 tonnes of pork from its central reserves in a bid to ensure market supply amid efforts to fight the novel coronavirus outbreak, accordi

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Across China: Struggling taxi drivers bailed out amid epidemic

The car of 43-year-old Yang Liqiang is one of the 1,500 taxies still hitting the road and ferrying passengers every day amid the ongoing fight against the outbreak of

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Situation in Syria destabilizing amid missile strikes, Ankara threats

Syrian air defenses downed several missiles coming across the occupied Golan Heights from Israel before they hit their targets in the capital Damascus, Syrian state tel