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Films, food and fun: Universal Beijing Resort opens for trial run

02:05 Universal Beijing Resort (UBR), a new landmark in China's capital Beijing that is set to open to the public on September 20, began trial operations on Wednesday, offering eager in

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AppWorks closes third fund with $150M for Taiwan and Southeast Asia startups

AppWorks, the Taipei-based venture capital firm focused on Taiwan and Southeast Asia, announced today it has closed its oversubscribed third fund, raising $150 million. AppWorks Fund III’s limited par

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Daily Crunch: FedEx invests $100M in Indian logistics giant Delhivery

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Yummy raises $4M, aims to be ‘super app of Venezuela’

Yummy, a Venezuela-based delivery app on a mission to create the super app for the country, announced Friday it raised $4 million in funding to expand its dark store delivery operations across Latin A

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By working with home entrepreneurs, Jakarta-based DishServe is creating an even more asset-light version of cloud kitchens

Cloud kitchens are already meant to reduce the burden of infrastructure on food and beverage brands by providing them with centralized facilities to prepare meals for delivery. This means the responsi

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Hangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup with plans to become a global F&B company, closes $13M Series A

Hangry, an Indonesian cloud kitchen startup that wants to become a global food and beverage company, has raised a $13 million Series A. The round was led by returning investor Alpha JWC Ventures, and

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Smart cookie! AI helps Google staff develop recipes for hybrid pastry

Why have cupcakes when you can try cakies? /CFP Recipe development is an art, but what happens when a data scientist takes on an ambitious baking project? Here's a hint: hybrid bakes.The world

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Daily Crunch: Reviewing the new Apple Watch

We’ve got an in-depth review of the Apple Watch Series 6, Apple gives Facebook a temporary break on App Store fees and Alexis Ohanian is raising a new fund. This is your Daily Crunch for Septem

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Indonesian cloud kitchen startup Yummy gets $12 million Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia

Yummy Corporation, which claims to be the largest cloud kitchen management company in Indonesia, has raised $12 million in Series B funding, led by SoftBank Ventures Asia. Co-founder and chief executi

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Shake Shack burger chain opens first restaurant in Beijing

Shake Shack, a New York burger brand, opened its first restaurant in Beijing Wednesday. The restaurant, located in TaiKoo Li Sanlitun, a shopping area popular among yo

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Feature: Japanese actor Yano Koji: looking forward to see cherry blossoms in Wuhan

As a Japanese, Yano Koji has seen cherry blossoms numerous times in his home country. But now what he longs to see are the cherry blossoms in Wuhan of central China. "

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Feature: Malaysian doctor stays with Chinese patients amid coronavirus outbreak

Malaysian doctor Lee Chongyou receives an interview with Xinhua at the Peking University People's Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Luo Xin)W