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Singapore-based options trading platform Sparrow raises $3.5 million Series A

Sparrow Exchange, a Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading platform based in Singapore, announced today it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding.The round was led by HDR Group, the owner of crypto

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China launches trading in low-sulfur fuel futures

China began the trading of low-sulfur fuel futures on Monday, launching the country's fifth commodities futures open to both home and overseas investors. The futures l

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Auctioned transaction at Kunming flower market down 12.7 pct

A total of 3.78 million stems of flowers were transacted Sunday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flowe

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China's mid-year online shopping spree reaps $2.4 tln: Clearing house

Total transactionsduring the just-concluded mid-year online shopping spree reached 16.91 trillion yuan (about 2.38 trillion U.S. dollars), up 42 percent from last year, according to Chinese online

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China's postal sector sees stellar growth in May

China's postal industry registered stellar growth in revenue and business volume last month as reopening of businesses gathered more steam amid further containment of

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Update: SpaceX launches ninth Starlink mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at sunrise, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the United States, May 27, 2020. (Joel Kowsky/NASA/Handout

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SpaceX launches ninth Starlink mission

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen on the launch pad at sunrise, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the United States, May 27, 2020. (Joel Kowsky/NASA/Ha

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SpaceX launches 58 more Starlink satellites and 3 Planet Skysats for first rideshare launch

SpaceX has launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites, growing the constellation by another 58 spacecraft just 10 days after its most recent Starlink launch. That brings the total number of oper

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Airbnb, Lyft and Uber: when to call a it a comeback

As Uber and Lyft reached their public-market nadir in mid-March, you would have been forgiven for thinking they were heading under. If the markets are somewhat efficient, why else would America’

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Putin, Erdogan discuss COVID-19, Libya, Syria over phone

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and the situation in Libya and Syria in a

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China's airline industry shows signs of recovery

China's airline industry showed signs of recovery in May with the decline in key indicators significantly narrowing from a month ago, the country's top aviation author

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China's top property developers see stable sales so far in 2020

China's top real estate developers saw stable sales volume in the first five months of this year, an industrial report showed. From January to May, the average sales v

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China's rail freight transport on the rise

China's rail freight transport volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, rose 3.9 percent year-on-year in May, a sign of recovery from the COVID-19 shock after

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Green channel for China's int'l air cargo transport

China's international air cargo transport capacity has been sustained by the effective green channel measures taken in the sector during the pandemic period, according to the civil aviation author

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Tokyo stocks close higher on hopes for global economic revival

Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday on continued hopes for global economies to recover as many countries have eased coronavirus-linked restrictions and allowed business

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Hong Kong April retail sales plunge 36.1 pct as COVID-19 chokes demand

Hong Kong's retail sales continue to fall for the 15th consecutive month, as COVID-19 has choked demand and battered retailers.Retail sales fell to 24.1 billion HK dollars (3.11 billion U.S. dolla

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More Chinese AI companies offer extra help during COVID-19

AI-powered CT machine helps doctor with quick detection of the infections. /CGTN Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in helping the fight against the COVID-1