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How Grab adapted after COVID-19 hit its ride-hailing business

The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll on ride-hailing services, like Uber and Lyft. Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company, has also been impacted, but the company has adapte

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Spectrm raises $3M Series A from Runa Capital for its conversational marketing platform

In the ‘Age of Corona’ – as some like to call it, the roboticization of industry and business has been super-charged by the pandemic. So while companies using messaging platforms to drive custom

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Factbox: China's progress on business resumption

Amid the further containment of COVID-19, China is forging ahead with business resumption. The following are the latest facts and figures: -- China's consumption is on

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Private firms should unblock supply chain for breakthrough in COVID-19

07:19 Private companies need to remove the blocks in the industrial supply chain to reach a breakthrough and survive the difficulties caused by the unexpected epidemic, a member of the

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UN launches global initiative to combat COVID-19 misinformation

The United Nations on Thursday launched an initiative called "Verified" to counter COVID-19 misinformation by increasing the volume and reach of trusted, accurate information. "We cannot cede our

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China's Shenzhen serves more passenger-to-cargo flights amid COVID-19 pandemic

An Airbus A330-200 loaded with masks and other epidemic prevention materials took off from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport for Los Angeles, the United States on

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China's postal industry registers robust growth in first four months

China's postal industry registered higher revenue and business volume in the first four months of this year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, official data

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"Seafood train" departing Russia arrives in NE China's border city

The first seafood freight train this year departing Russia for Hunchun, a border city in northeast China's Jilin Province, has arrived at the Hunchun railway port, the local government said on Thursd

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China's economic recovery quickens amid improving leading indicators

China's economic activities are picking up the pace of resumption, as shown by several leading indicators including the number of cargo volume, power generation and co

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Auctioned transaction at Kunming flower market up 23.9 pct

A total of 6.73 million stems of flowers were transacted Tuesday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flower trading market, up 23.9 perc

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China's rail freight volume up 2.4 pct in Jan.-Apr. despite COVID-19

China's state-operated railways carried a total of 1.09 billion tonnes of freight during the January-April period, up 2.4 percent year-on-year, data from the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. sh

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COVID-19 could wipe 10 billion euros off football player values

A close shot at the football during a Premier League match between Leicester City and Manchester City in Leicester, UK, February 22, 2020. /VCG The transfer value of players in 10 of Europe's

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China's courier sector sees business surging 40% in May Day holiday

China's courier sector saw an almost 40-percent increase in its business volume during the past five-day May Day holiday, the State Post Bureau said Wednesday.Some 1.1

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COVID-19 could wipe 10 billion euros off football player values

A close shot at the football during a Premier League match between Leicester City and Manchester City in Leicester, UK, February 22, 2020. /VCG The transfer value of players in 10 of Europe's

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China's logistics sector keeps recovering in April

Employees sort parcels in a logistics company in Hai'an City, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, April 22, 2020. /VCGChina's logistics sector expanded its recovery in Ap

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HK March retail sales plunge 42% year on year due to coronavirus

Few visitors are seen on Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), May 3, 2020. /VCG Hong Kong's retail sales fell by 42 percent in March from a year

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Kenya records high tea production, export in March

Kenya's high tea exports recorded came a little as a surprise as the world is battling the COVID-19 pandemic. /VCG Image Kenya's tea exports hit 44.28 million kilograms in March, according to