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India lockdown sees over 18 million job losses: report

The lockdown India went through since March 25 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic led to huge job losses across the country as almost all manufacturing and business a

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The ‘right’ way to downsize

A little over a year into launching StrongLoop, an enterprise API startup eventually acquired by IBM, we were out over our skis. It was my doing — having built a vast top of funnel, we expected our pr

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Global Business Daily: Japan GDP, UK households struggle, Sanofi deal

"I expect growth to turn positive in the July-September quarter. But globally, the rebound is sluggish everywhere except for China."Hopeful words from Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Japan's Norin

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As Democrats prepare to nominate Joe Biden, widespread fears about unfair election

With less than 80 days to go before the U.S. presidential election, it looks like Joe Biden’s race to lose.Yet, as Democrats nationwide gather online this week to nomin

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Feature: Namibia healthcare workers at high risk of COVID-19 infections as cases surge

People wearing face masks read books at a resource center in Windhoek, Namibia, Aug. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Ndalimpinga Iita) Over 60 healthcare workers had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as C

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Namibia healthcare workers at high risk of COVID-19 infections

A woman is tested for COVID-19 in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 22, 2020. /Xinhua As COVID-19 infections surge in Namibia, healthcare workers face a disproportionate risk of infection with over

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Liquid unicorns, accelerating transitions, and Gen Z’s venture impact

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made fo

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Study hints, can't prove, survivor plasma fights COVID-19

Mayo Clinic researchers reported a strong hint that blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors helps other patients recover, but it's not proof and some experts worry if, amid clamor for the treatment,

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The meaning of home amid the COVID-19 crisis

People wearing face masks in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 12, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a journalis

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Cube closes $5M Seed round to scale its financial planning software

This morning Cube announced that it has closed a Seed round worth just over $5 million. The software startup, focused on financial planning and analysis (FPA) work, raised $3.8 million of the total re

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7 more U.S. soldiers, 1 contract worker in S.Korea test positive for COVID-19

Seven more U.S. soldiers and one civilian contract worker tested positive for COVID-19 amid the lingering worry here about imported cases, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK)

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Stream, whose APIs help product teams build chat and activity feeds fast, just raised a $15 million Series A round

Earlier this year, the founders of Stream, a five-year-old, 60-person startup with offices in Boulder and Amsterdam, weren’t feeling so great about their prospects. As COVID-19 began its spread

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Triplebyte incubates ColorStack to increase Black and Latinx representation in CS programs

Triplebyte, a technical recruiting platform that emphasizes a candidate’s skills rather than background, has incubated non-profit ColorStack, which aims to increase the number of Black and Latin

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Shanghai launches breakfast campaign to boost its economy

01:35 How to get a nutritionaland tasty breakfast easily and quickly? This has long been a headache for many early morning commuters in metropolises like Shanghai and Beijing. However,

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Top legislature's decision on HKSAR LegCo allows HK to focus on fighting COVID-19: Leung Chun-ying

The decision of China's top legislature on the vacancy of the Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will allow Hong Kong t

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Reading the dollar doldrums

Editor's note: Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, was chairman of U.S. President Barack Obama's Global Development Council. He is the author, most recently, of "The Only Game

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How Moovit went from opportunity to a $900M exit in 8 years

In May 2020, Intel announced its purchase of Moovit, a mobility as a service (MaaS) solutions company known for an app that stitched together GPS, traffic, weather, crime and other factors to help mas