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SaaS earnings bump Dropbox, Box and Sprout Social

A quick hit as we have a podcast to record, but a few public companies in the broader SaaS market reported earnings in the past week. Their results are worth unpacking as they paint a good picture of

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London-based Gyana raises $3.9M for a no-code approach to data science

Coding and other computer science expertise remain some of the more important skills that a person can have in the working world today, but in the last few years, we have also seen a big rise in a new

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Google Cloud’s newest data center opens in Salt Lake City

Google Cloud announced today that its new data center in Salt Lake City has opened, making it the 22nd such center the company has opened to date.This Salt Lake City data center marks the third in the

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Quick notes on the DoorDash IPO filing

Earlier today, during an eye-popping market selloff, DoorDash announced that it has privately filed to go public. The decision to file privately will allow the high-valued startup to get its S-1 docum

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US stock markets drop again as Goldman Sachs projects zero growth from coronavirus

U.S. stock markets are down again in early trading as coronavirus fears continue to hit economists forecasts for growth, and a number of technology companies began to note the impact of the outbreak i

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APD | Indonesia to become largest securities market in Southeast Asia, surpassing Thailand

By APD writer AliceSoutheast Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia, is expected to surpass Thailand to become the biggest equity market in the region.Currently, the capital

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Tractable claims $25M to sell damage-assessing AIs to more insurance giants

London-based insurtech AI startup Tractable, which is applying artificial intelligence to speed up accident and disaster recovery by using computer vision to perform visual damage appraisal instead o

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Spin is launching electric scooters in Germany this spring

Spin, the electric scooter company owned by Ford, is gearing up to launch its vehicles for the first time outside of the U.S. This spring, the plan is to launch in Cologne, Germany, followed by other

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Time for solidarity and international cooperation

Editor's note: EssamSharaf is the former prime minister of Egypt and a non-resident senior fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China. The article reflec

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Wall Street can't burn Bernie

Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Sustainable Development and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University, Director of Columbia's Center for Sustainable Developm

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Amazon all set to enter India’s food delivery market

Weeks after Uber exited India’s food delivery market, conceding defeat to local giants Swiggy and Zomato, a new player is gearing up to challenge the heavily-backed duopoly: Amazon.The e-commerc

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Chicago’s M1 Finance, a consumer-focused fintech platform, reaches $1B under management

Eagle-eyed readers will recall that we mentioned M1 Finance earlier today in our look at a few trends in the fintech industry. We’re back with the firm this afternoon as it has a bit of news tha

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Cartesiam helps developers bring AI to microcontrollers

Cartesiam, a startup that aims to bring machine learning to edge devices powered by microcontrollers, has launched a new tool for developers who want an easier way to build services for these devices.

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Major IoT module maker confident of 2020 outlook despite outbreak

03:17 Sichuan AI-Link Technology, China's major Internet of Things (IoT) module maker, is confident it can still achieve its full year 2020 revenue target despite supply chain disrupti

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How is China's economy reacting to the outbreak?

04:37 Amid growing concerns about the impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese economy, it's worth bearing in mind the lessons from the SARS outbreak 17 years ago. In 2003, national growth di

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Kenya's trade and tourism influenced by virus outbreak

A Chinese visitor feeds a giraffe in the Giraffe Center in Nairobi, Kenya, January 15, 2017. /VCG As global shares tumbled on Tuesday over fears of a coronavirus pandemic, East Africa's bigges

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U.S., India ink defense deals, but trade deal remains elusive

India and the United States on Tuesday signed defense deals worth over 3 billion U.S. dollars, ensuring the sale of 24 "MH-60 Romeo" and six "AH-64E Apache" helicopters