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Nasdaq celebrates Chinese Lunar New Year with special bell-ringing ceremony

A special bell-ringing ceremony was held Wednesday afternoon at the Nasdaq to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year. At 4:00 p.m. (2100 GMT), Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping ra

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Bionic gloves allow injured concert pianist to play again

The Brazilian musician is now planning a comeback concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in October.

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Spotlight: Chinese textile companies seeking U.S. market expansion

A buyer looks at fabric samples during the 21th China Textile and Apparel Trade Show (New York) in New York, the United States, Jan. 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)Many Ch

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Here are the six startups in Betaworks’ new Audiocamp

Back in September, Betaworks put out a call for startups to participate in its latest “camp,” this one focused on audio.Danika Laszuk, the head of Betaworks Camp, told me at the time that

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Two Sigma Ventures raises $288 million, complementing its $60 billion hedge fund parent

Eight years ago, Two Sigma Investments began an experiment in early stage investing.The hedge fund, focused on data-driven quantitative investing, was well on its way to amassing the $60 billion in as

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Thundra announces $4M Series A to secure and troubleshoot serverless workloads

Thundra, an early stage serverless tooling startup, announced a $4 million Series A today led by Battery Ventures. The company spun out from OpsGenie after it was sold to Atlassian for $295 million in

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China's blockchain startup eyes tokenized green asset investment platform

Hong Kong-based blockchain startup New Power Foundation Ltd. is working to roll out a public blockchain platform that allows worldwide investors to invest in green ene

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The bias of Human Rights Watch on China

The 2019 South-South Human Rights Forum is held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 11, 2019. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Gerald Mbanda is a journalist and author of a book on China and Rwanda

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Krejci has goal, assist for Bruins in 3-2 win over Vegas

David Krejci #46 of the Boston Bruins scores a goal in the game against the Vegas Golden Knights at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, January 21, 2020. /AP Photo Down a goal entering the

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Nigeria’s Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has acquired Apposit, a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount.That’s just part of Paga’s news. The Lagos based s

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LumApps raises $70M Series C led by Goldman Sachs

LumApps, the cloud-based social intranet for the enterprise, has closed $70 million in Series C funding. Leading the round is Goldman Sachs Growth, with participation f

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Goldman Sachs’s CEO just called WeWork’s pulled IPO — which Goldman was underwriting — proof that the market works

It’s hard to put a positive spin on terrible situation, but that didn’t stop Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon earlier today. Asked during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos abo

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UK, US join Spring Festival Party

Lion dances, red envelopes, paper cuttings and delicious treats-all essential elements of Spring Festival-will not only occur in China in the coming days. Major festivities are also planned in the Uni

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Iran confirms two missiles fired at Ukraine airliner

Iran has confirmed two missiles were fired at a Ukrainian airliner brought down this month, in a catastrophic error that killed all 176 people on board and sparked angr

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Female Founders Alliance absorbs Monarq accelerator to better promote women and non-binary founders

Seattle’s Female Founders Alliance, which runs the Ready Set Raise accelerator for women and non-binary founders, has acquired New York’s Monarq, an incubator with similar goals and origin

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Netflix adds 8.8M subscribers despite growing competition

Netflix grew by 8.8 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to its latest earning report, putting its growth well ahead of its forecast of 7.6 million.The company says it has

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NBA highlights on Jan. 20: A painful MLK Day for Lakers at TD Garden

Los Angeles Lakers 107-139 Boston Celtics Jaylen Brown (C) of the Boston Celtics dunks over LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers in the game at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, January 2