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China's long-term improving trend for the economy will not change

A worker at a factory making vital raw materials for face masks in Hainan Province, February 6, 2020. [Photo: Xinhua] Editor's Note: Editor's Note: The following article is taken from the Chin

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Apple fined $27 million in France for throttling old iPhones without telling users

France’s competition watchdog DGCCRF announced earlier today that Apple will pay a $27.4 million (€25 million) fine due to an iOS update that capped performance of aging devices. The company will also

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What to expect when pitching European VCs

Fundraising is the single most important thing you can do for your business, but I know very few founders who enjoy the process.It’s inherently stressful: you’re running out of capital, which is why y

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Attempt to fold Motorola’s Razr 100,000 times doesn’t go great

The Galaxy Fold felt like an omen for a burgeoning category. The fascinating and promising product was plagued by broken review units that forced Samsung to go back to the drawing board with a reinfor

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The CIA wants to upgrade its cloud tech without DoD’s JEDI drama

The CIA is ready to update its cloud technology, and multiple reports this week indicated that the agency has begun a multi-billion-dollar procurement process. A CIA spokesperson was tight-lipped when

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NASA confirms two Boeing Starliner issues would’ve led to spacecraft loss without intervention

NASA and Boeing are sharing more details about the issues that were encountered during the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew spacecraft uncrewed demo mission in December, and their progress on investigati

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What can these NFL teams buy with their money?

The 2020 NFL season will begin on September 10. Before that happens, many of the league's teams will need to invest in improving their franchise. Unlike the NBA, the NFL applies a hard salary cap,

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South African swim star Schoeman banned for doping

South Africa's Roland Schoeman competes in men's 50m butterfly during Day 2 of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, March 17, 2006. Former world record holder and Olympic cham

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Leaders of foreign political parties express support for China's anti-epidemic efforts

In recent days, many leaders of foreign political parties have spoken positively of and expressed support for China's efforts to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak

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China's economy to rebound rapidly after novel coronavirus: Malaysian envoy

As the Chinese government's effective response to the novel coronavirus outbreak has injected confidence into the business community, China's economy is expected to re

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Coronavirus unlikely to cause long-term setback to China's economy: economists

The novel coronavirus won't cause a long-term setback to China's economic growth, South African economists have said. "China is a fast growing economy," and the virus "is likely to be a temporary se

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Truth, the antidote to fear and rumors

Editor's note: Chris Hawke is a graduate of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. As a journalist, he has reported for over two decades from Beijing, New York, the United Nations, Tokyo, Ban

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Coronavirus data: It's slowly getting better

In the previous data report, we compared the novel coronavirus with SARS. But looking at the scale of the new virus and at how fast the number of confirmed cases has grown, the 2019-nCoV looks very d

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Carta debuts fund to invest in startups that tap into its platform

This morning Carta, a startup that helps private companies manage equity, announced it has created an investing vehicle called Carta Ventures. The well-funded unicorn wants to invest in young startup

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U.S. democracy in peril

U.S. Capitol. /VCG Photo Editor's note: Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall.

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NBA highlights on Feb. 6: Antetokounmpo gets vengeance on 76ers

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks dunks in the NBA game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 6, 2020. /VCG Photo Philadelphia 76ers 1

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Old wine in an old bottle: U.S. new strategy for Central Asia

Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kazakh Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tleuberdi shake hands before holding a press conference in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Febuary 2, 2020. /Xinhua Photo