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The streaming wars to come

After years of speculation and hype, major players in Hollywood and Silicon Valley are getting ready to challenge Netflix.It’s only been a few months since Apple launched TV+, followed quickly by Disn

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Ethical consumption increased four-fold in 20 years

The Co-op is a food retail brand that is used by over 4,000 shops in the UK. (Credit: AP /Kirsty Wigglesworth) Ethical consumption has increased almost four-fold in the UK in the past twenty

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Putting a price on soil

Editor's note: Esther Ngumbi is assistant professor of entomology and African-American studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The article reflects the author's opinions and not

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French govt. meets as unions vow to harden pension strike

A view of empty platforms of the Gare de Lyon train station during the 30th day of transport strikes in Paris, January 3, 2020. /AP Photo Top French officials met Friday to hash out their stra

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UK's first asteroid mining mission planned for 2021

Scotland-born Mitch Hunter-Scullion was only 21 years old when he founded the UK's first and only asteroid mining company in 2016.After completing his dissertation on asteroid mining at Liverpool Hop

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As Indian startups raise record capital, losses are widening

Indian tech startups secured nearly $14 billion in 2019, more than they have raised in any other year. This is a major rebound since 2016, when startups in the nation had bagged just $4.3 billion.But

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TikTok’s revenue said to skyrocket over 300% in Q4

According to newly released third-party data, TikTok has reason to dance.The famous short-video application saw its in-app purchase revenue rise 310% on a year-over-year basis, according to Apptopia,

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How two-year-old Loft nabbed $175M led by Andreessen Horowitz

Loft may have better product market fit in Brazil than Opendoor does in the U.S.. And now the São Paulo-based property tech company has growth funding to prove it. Andreessen Horowitz is doubling down

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Pakistani industrialists expect China to help modernize textile industry, boost export

According to the Pakistani government, the textile industry contributes nearly 60 percent to the country's total exports, rendering it the major industrial sector of Pakistan which plays an importan

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China's economic rise benefits Midwestern U.S. companies -- industry leader

China's economic rise over the past decades has benefited many companies in Midwestern United States, Leo Chan, executive director of the Ohio-based Midwest USA Chinese Chamber of Commerce, told Xin

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Stars rally to beat Preds 4-2 in Winter Classic at Cotton

Alexander Radulov #47 and John Klingberg #3 of the Dallas Star celebrate after scoring a goal in the NHL Winter Classic games at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas, January 1, 2020. /AP Pho

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Stars rally to beat Preds 4-2 in Winter Classic at Cotton

Alexander Radulov #47 and John Klingberg #3 of the Dallas Star celebrate after scoring a goal in the NHL Winter Classic games at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas, January 1, 2020. /AP Pho

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A blockbuster year

The past 12 months saw China's film industry reach a major milestone, as eight of the mainland's top 10 highest-grossing films at the box office in 2019 were homegrown.Mainland box-office taki

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China Focus: Tesla's Shanghai delivery highlights China's full-speed opening-up

Tesla's Model 3 delivery in Shanghai has shown that China's opening-up is in full gear. Tesla delivered the first batch of sedans produced by its Shanghai plant on Monday, less than a year after the

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Airbnb’s New Year’s Eve guest volume shows its falling growth rate

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.It’s finally 2020, the year that should bring us a direct listing from home-

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Tech’s biggest companies are worth ~$5T as 2019’s epic stock market run wraps

Look, this is the last post I’m writing in 2019 and I’m tired. But I can’t let the year close without taking stock of how well tech stocks did this year. It was bonkers.So let’

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China commits itself to shared development in the New Year

President Xi Jinping delivers a speech to ring in the New Year in Beijing on Tuesday, December 31, 2019./Xinhua Editor's Note: The following article is taken from the Chinese-language "The Rea