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WeWork unbundles its products in an attempt to make itself over, but will the strategy work?

For years, there was a debate as to whether WeWork was a tech company or more of a real estate play. At first, most people viewed WeWork as a real estate startup disguised as a tech startup.And as it

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Expert: Improving breeding systems could help promote food security

02:20 With less than one-tenth of the world's arable land, China faces the major task of feeding one-fifth of the world's population.Professor Li Zichao of China Agricu

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Iran slams White House for 'sticking to Trump's failed policy'

Uranium enrichment machinery at Natanz nuclear facility, Iran, 2020. /Getty The U.S. has reaffirmed that it would not offer any unilateral incentives for talks with Iran. "We will not offer an

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Bessemer’s 2021 cloud report provides context for soaring software startup valuations

Some well-known VC firms have spent the last few months crunching data while working to chart, graph, and map the world of venture investing. Happily for you and I, they’ve been pretty free with

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ECB keeps policy stance unchanged, to step up pace of bond buying

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday decided to keep its monetary policy stance unchanged but said it would step up the pace of bond purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase program (PE

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Wise’s Taavet Hinrikus and Teleport’s Sten Tamkivi partner in new investment firm — just don’t call it a VC fund

Taavet Hinrikus, the first employee of Skype and co-founder of fintech giant Wise (formerly TransferWise), is teaming up with Teleport co-founder and current Topia CPO Sten Tamkivi to create a new inv

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Rising U.S. rates spurred to stimulus unlikely to shock Chinese market

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Cheese raises $3.6M for its digital bank aimed at the Asian-American community

Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S.In the past few months alone, a n

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How economists and non-economists can get along

/VCG Editor's Note: Dani Rodrik, professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the author of"Straight Talk on Trade: Ideas for a

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The vaccination opportunity for global health

The COVID-19 vaccine. /AP Editor's note: Erik Berglöf is chief economist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views

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Nasdaq hits correction, Dow advances on stimulus optimism

A view of the exterior Nasdaq market site in New York City, U.S., December 21, 2020. /CFP Technology-related shares sold off on Monday in a big downturn that pushed the Nasdaq into a correctio

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From the Soil: Youxi – Where farmers become technical experts

09:19 Editor's note: In the video series "From the Soil," CGTN has invited development experts to visit China's rural regions to investigate the methods used to reduce poverty and exam

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What's behind the Chinese tech growth that many are afraid of?

04:05 Editor's note: If the West isn't pulling any punches in attacking China, why should China pull any in defending itself? In a four-episode series, CGTN Insight wal

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U.S. strong job report in February boosts bond yields

U.S. jobs increased more than expected in February amid falling new COVID-19 cases, quickening vaccination rates and additional pandemic relief money from the government, putting the labor market rec

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The threats to an economic recovery

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Global markets rebound as rate hike worries fade

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Poverty eradication: A people's miracle

A photovoltaic poverty eradication power station in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, January 13, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: ­Aftab Siddiqui is an independent analyst based in London.