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Roundup: California orders more masks as state surpasses New York with most COVID-19 cases in U.S.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday a new contract with China's BYD Company to produce 120 million N95 respirators and 300 million surgical masks as the number of confirmed cases

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TikTok considers London and other locations for headquarters

A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. /Reuters TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its hea

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Seasonal workers urged to take precaution after farm outbreak scare

02:30 Health experts in the UK have warned that more coronavirus outbreaks should be expected at farms and other businesses where people live and work together in close proximity.It fo

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Game developer poll suggests longer hours and less productivity as the industry adapts to remote work

Ahead of the upcoming online-only version of its big annual conference, GDC commissioned a survey of 2,500 game developers to determine how the industry is coping with the ongoing impact of the COVID-

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British Airways to auction $1.7 mln in art pieces amid COVID-19

Hit by COVID-19 pandemic, the global aviation industry is in financial trouble and has been trying every means to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. British Airways, for example, has decided

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Global Population Set to Shrink Dramatically, Prompting ‘Economic Power Shift’, Claims Report

The new research emphasised the importance of population forecasts as a “planning and risk management tool” for governments, businesses, and individuals to chart their

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Benchmark-backed Optimizely confirms it has laid off 15% of staff

Optimizely, a San Francisco-based startup that popularized the concept of A/B testing, has laid off 15% of its staff, the company confirmed in a statement to TechCrunch. The layoff impacts around 60 p

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Sumeru Equity Partners buys majority stake in SocialChorus with $100M investment

SocialChorus, a startup that helps distribute communications internally in a similar way marketers reach customers externally, announced a $100 million investment today led by Sumeru Equity Partners.

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Calvin Klein owner PVH to cut 450 jobs, shut 162 outlets

Logo of Calvin Klein watches is seen at the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair in Basel, Switzerland, March 26, 2018. /Reuters PVH Corp said on Tuesday it would cut 450 jobs in North America an

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Nigeria to become ninth-largest economy as world population shrinks

As the population shrinks in many parts of the world, Nigeria – a developing country with a raging young workforce – could become the ninth-largest global economy, drastically changing the world o

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France's Macron lays out "new path" to meet health, economic challenges

In his first Bastille Day interview, President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday promised that France is ready for a second epidemic wave and his team will follow a "new path" based on social dialogue to a

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Economic Watch: China announces zero-tolerance on financial crimes

China has toughened its stance on unlawful practices in the financial market with concrete measures in the pipeline to better protect investors. China's financial regu

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EU freedom of movement ends under UK's new immigration rules

A woman walks past the Royal Albert Hall in London, Britain, on July 7, 2020. (Photo by Tim Ireland/Xinhua) "The British people voted to take back control of our borders and introduce a new points-ba

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FlexJobs CEO Sara Sutton on what newly remote companies tend to get right and wrong

Over the last few months, just about any tech company that can go remote has gone remote.Are companies adopting remote for the long haul, or is it just a holdover until they can get people back in the

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The new school

Higher education is being transformed by COVID-19, but it goes beyond universities simply “going remote” to try and cope. The changes afoot are holistic, transformative and a long time com

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WeWork’s chairman says it expects to have positive cash flow in 2021

After aggressive cost-cutting measures, including mass layoffs and selling several of its businesses, WeWork’s chairman expects the company to have positive cash flow in 2021. Marcelo Claure, who bec

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Emirates airline to cut up to 9,000 jobs: report

Disinfecting an Emirates Airbus A380 in Dubai, UAE, March 5, 2020. /Emirates Airline Emirates airline has cut a tenth of its workforce during the novel coronavirus pandemic in layoffs that cou