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Chinese policy bank offers emergency loan for Wuhan epidemic control

The China Development Bank, one of the country's major policy banks, offered emergency loans worth 2 billion yuan (about 288.3 million U.S. dollars) Friday to Wuhan fo

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Pakistan Claims India Risks Igniting Arms Race by Purchasing S-400s From Russia

The Russian deputy ambassador to India announced earlier this month that the production of five S-400 missiles defence systems for New Delhi had already begun.Islamabad

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Goldman Sachs to stop IPO help for companies without 'diverse' boards

U.S. bank Goldman Sachs says it will stop helping firms with their public flotations if they don't have diverse management boards.The bank underwrites Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) but CEO David So

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As SaaS stocks set new records, Atlassian’s earnings show there’s still room to grow

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.SaaS stocks had a good run in late 2019. TechCrunch covered their ascent, a recove

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Is Russia an ally of Israel?

Editor's note: Nikola Mikovic is a freelance journalist based in Serbia. He covers mostly Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian foreign policies, and writes for multiple web-magazines. The article ref

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Jira Software gets better roadmaps

Atlassian today announced an update to Jira Software, its popular project and issue tracking tool, that brings a number of major updates to the roadmapping feature it first introduced back in 2018. Ba

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Lighter Capital secures $100M to grow its equity-free financing business

Lighter Capital announced today that it has secured access to $100 million to lend to growing startups. The firm is best-known for its work with revenue-based financing

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Spring Festival blockbusters stage big retreat due to Wuhan epidemic

Due to the Wuhan novel coronavirus outbreak, the film studios of seven blockbusters slated to hit Chinese theaters during the Spring Festival holiday urgently cancelled their release plans. They annou

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Fear really can turn your hair white, new research suggests

The study paves the way for understanding how stress affects other tissues and organs in the body.

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Trump's ambition in Davos puts IMF's growth forecast on EU at risk

The keynote speech U.S. President Donald Trump delivered in Davos largely eulogized his foreign trade policy and achievements in past years. It revealed his intention of bringing his policy and ta

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Substack builds multi-author support into its hybrid publishing, newsletter service

Substack announced today that it has built support for multiple authors into its service. The company provides a publishing tool that blends blogs and email newsletters into a single entity, with a fo

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Government to cushion GDP growth's slip past 6%

Editor's Note: Xu Bin is a Professor of Economics and Finance at China Europe International Business SchoolAccording to the National Bureau of Statistics, China's manufacturing Purchasing Managers

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British PM backs Egypt's development policies, measures

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed his country's support for the measures taken by Egypt to achieve comprehensive development, Egyptian presidency said on Tuesday. Johnson's remarks came

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Spring Festival film race sees records, uncertainties

Dramas and uncertainties loom on Chinese film market as it anticipates a record-breaking Spring Festival holiday season.To curb unhealthy competition, China's film authorities only allowed films t

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Nigeria’s Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

Nigerian digital payments startup Paga has acquired Apposit, a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount.That’s just part of Paga’s news. The Lagos based s

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The responsibility of saving the planet is on everyone

Editor's note: Li Yihao is a doctoral student in urban development at Harvard University. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.As Australia's mega fire

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Trump's backward march on trade

Editor's note: Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Econ