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Ideas for a post-COVID-19 workplace

As a workplace strategist, I am constantly asked, “What is the workplace of the future?”It’s a question I dread, because a subtext typically lingers underneath, e.g., “I hate the open office,” “All th

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China's top political advisory body opens meeting on poverty alleviation

The Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, opened it

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Canva raises $60 million on a $6 billion valuation

Sydney-based Canva, the design platform for non-designers, has today announced the close of a $60 million funding round, bringing its valuation to $6 billion, according to the company.The startup has

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Hungary signs $2.1bn loan with China for Budapest-to-Belgrade railway

The rail link between Budapest and Belgrade is set to open up Europe for China. CGTN Hungary has signed a loan agreement with China that sets in motion Europe's first major Belt Road Initiativ

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Fearing second COVID-19 wave, Europe aims to train 'army' of medics

Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections.Some intensive care specialists are trying to h

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Tesla wants a $68M property tax break to locate its Cybertruck gigafactory near Austin

Tesla is seeking up to $68 million in property tax abatement from a Texas school district to build a factory that will be used to produce Model Y crossovers for the East Coast market as well as its up

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Despite pandemic setbacks, the clean energy future is underway

The economic lockdown resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has had an immediate negative impact on renewable energy projects and electric vehicles sales, but the sustainable trends are still in pla

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Affirming the position of tech advocates, Supreme Court overturns Trump’s termination of DACA

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that President Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully ended the federal policy providing temporary legal status for immigrants who came to the country as chi

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Urbint, a provider of field safety information for utilities, raises $20 million

Urbint, a developer of a field safety information service for industrial workforces, has raised $20 million in a new round of funding as it looks to expand its research and development capabilities, g

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Amazon expands Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India

Amazon said on Thursday it has expanded its Flex delivery program to more than 35 cities in India, one of its key overseas markets, as the e-commerce giant looks to scale its delivery capability to s

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Japan's ruling party eyes foreign workers for financial sector

Japan's minister in charge of local economic revitalization, Satsuki Katayama, attends a news conference at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, October 2, 2018. /Reute

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Lucid Motors to begin producing Air electric vehicles for customers in early 2021

Lucid Motors will begin producing its luxury electric vehicle for customers at its new Arizona factory in early 2021, about three months later than expected due to a slowdown caused by COVID-19.The

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Uptycs lands $30M Series B to keep building security analytics platform

Every company today is struggling to deal with security and understanding what is happening on their systems. This is even more pronounced as companies have had to move their employees to work from ho

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Green shoots welcome but recovery still a long road, Fed's Powell says

A full U.S. economic recovery will not occur until the American people are sure that the novel coronavirus epidemic has been brought under control, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday

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More than 600,000 lose work in UK as COVID-19 hits jobs market

The number of people on British company payrolls fell by more than 600,000 in April and May as the coronavirus lockdown hit the labor market, and vacancies plunged by the most on record, official

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BP to take up to $17.5 bn hit on coronavirus

British energy giant BP said Monday that it will take a hit up to 17.5 billion U.S. dollars in the second quarter as "sustained" coronavirus fallout ravages global oil demand.The company, fresh from

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Fed launches Main Street lending program

VCG The Federal Reserve launched its Main Street Lending Program on Monday, the most complex program undertaken yet by the U.S. central bank to help keep the backbone of the economy from buckl