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The fate of Iran nuclear deal hangs in balance

The funeral of Iranian Top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi, is held at Imamzadeh Saleh Shrine in Tehran, Iran on November 30, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:Bobby Naderi is a journa

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Black Friday on track for $8.9B+ in online sales as shoppers stay away from brick-and-mortar stores

Black Friday — the day that launched 1,000 other shopping holidays — may have lost its place as the “start” of the Christmas shopping season by now (it gets bigger and earlier

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Argentine prosecutors probe Maradona's death as mourning continues

People wait in line to pay tribute to the late Argentine football star Diego Maradona, outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 26, 2020. /CFP A day aft

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Europa League: Napoli honor Maradona with win, four teams into last 32

A screen displays a photo of late Diego Maradona as players hold a minute of silence in homage to the Argentine football legend prior to the UEFA Europe League Group F match between Napoli and Ri

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Facebook’s latest ad tool fail puts another dent in its reputation

Reset yer counters: Facebook has had to ‘fess up to yet another major ad reporting fail.This one looks like it could be costly for the tech giant to put right — not least because it’

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Global cases top 60m, Germany extends lockdown: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Germany has extended its partial lockdown until at least December 20, while Chancellor Angela Merkel admits restrictive measures will be in place until at least the end of December and

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Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public

In the wake of insurtech unicorn Root’s IPO, it felt safe to say that the big transactions for the insurance technology startup space were done for the year.After all, 2020 had been a big one fo

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Egypt's Salah recovers from COVID-19, may play against Atalanta

Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah (c). /Getty Images Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is in contention to play for Liverpool in their next game after recovering from COVID-19.

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Decrypted: Apple and Facebook’s privacy feud, Twitter hires Mudge, mysterious zero-days

Trump’s election denialism saw him retaliate in a way that isn’t just putting the remainder of his presidency in jeopardy, it’s already putting the next administration in harm’

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3 new $100M ARR club members and a call for the next generation of growth-stage startups

Time flies.It was nearly a year ago that The Exchange started keeping tabs on startups that managed to reach $100 million in annual recurring revenue, or ARR. Our goal was to determine which unicorns

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Daily Crunch: Roblox is going public

Roblox opens its books, Snap makes an acquisition and Pfizer and BioNTech seek regulatory approval for their vaccine. This your Daily Crunch for November 20, 2020.The big story: Roblox is going publi

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Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more

DoorDash, Affirm, Roblox, Airbnb, C3.ai and Wish all filed to go public in recent days, which means some venture capitalists are having the best week of their lives.Tech companies that go public captu

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Inside Affirm’s IPO filing: a look at its economics, profits and revenue concentration

Last night Affirm filed to go public, herding yet another unicorn into the end-of-year IPO corral. The consumer installment lending service joins DoorDash and Airbnb in filing recently, as a number of

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Instagram revamps its mobile messaging app Threads

Instagram is continuing to develop its standalone messaging app, Threads. Last month, the company modified the app to make it possible for users to message everyone, instead of just “close frie

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SellerX raises $118M to buy up and grow Amazon marketplace businesses

As Amazon’s Marketplace continues to grow and mature, a new opportunity has emerged in the world of e-commerce for a new breed of startups to consolidate the most promising of the smaller busine

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Trump will lose protected Twitter status after his presidency

Twitter has at various times acknowledged that Donald Trump isn’t bound by the same rules that govern the rest of us. This executive privilege has allowed him to continue posting comments that could

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5 questions from Airbnb’s IPO filing

Airbnb filed to go public yesterday, offering the world a look into its financial performance over the past several years. The company’s S-1 detailed an expanding travel giant with billions in a