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Los Angeles’ Gento wants to build an on-demand healthcare staffing marketplace

With a fresh commitment of $5 million for its on-demand staffing and care management service for at-home health care and nursing facilities, Los Angeles-based Gento is looking to grow.The new financin

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Ransomware suspected after CUNA, a credit union lobbyist, knocked offline

The Credit Union National Association, a major lobbyist and trade association for credit unions, is recovering after its systems were knocked offline earlier this week following a “cyber inciden

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China announces further relief policies to fight coronavirus

The Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled a series of relief policies, including tax breaks and low-interest loans, in a bid to encourage all-out production of necessary goods to fight the outb

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BOJ signals readiness to ease as virus impact sours outlook

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Masazumi Wakatabe, speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin, Ireland, February 13, 2019. /Reuters Photo The Bank of Japan stands ready to ramp up stim

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Russia-U.S. relations should be based on equality, non-interference in each other's affairs: Putin

Russia-U.S. relations should be based on the principles of equality, respect for sovereignty and non-interference in each other's affairs, Russian President Vladimir Putin said here Wednesday. "Peac

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UK scientists: Zavesca is expected to inhibit the novel coronavirus

The WLA Shanghai Center research team discussed China's outbreak at the office of the chancellor of Oxford University. The first person from the left is Professor Gavin Swinton, the head of the M

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River Plate's 2018 Copa Libertadores title confirmed by CAS

The River Plate team celebrate their win after the second leg of the final match of Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018 between Boca Juniors and River Plate at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Sp

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Chinese premier meets Cambodian PM

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday. Prime Minister Hun Se

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Wisk signs deal to deploy an air taxi trial in New Zealand

Air mobility company Wisk has singed an agreement with the New Zealand government to set up and run an air taxi trial in the region of Canterbury, with the goal of flying passengers once its Cora airc

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Rocket Lab readies parachute tests for its rocket recovery and reuse program

Rocket Lab is proceeding as planned with its efforts to recover and reuse spent rocket boosters from its Electron launch vehicle, and has completed its first prototype parachute for use in the recove

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Spotify Q4 reports 271M total MAUs on revenues of $2B, podcast listening grows 200%

Streaming music now accounts for more than 80% of all music consumption in key markets like the US, and one of the big leaders in the field is reaping some of the rewards. Spotify reported its Q4 resu

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Twitter takes steps to remove manipulated media

U.S. social media company Twitter Inc. said Tuesday it would enforce a new rule to remove manipulated media starting next month. Twitter's Head of Site Integrity Yoel Roth said users should not dece

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'Significant breakthrough' in race for coronavirus vaccine

A vaccine may be close to being tested on animals and then humans, depending on the level of funding researchers get.

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China sees surging online transactions during Spring Festival

Chinese card payment giant China UnionPay reported an increasing number of online transactions during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday. From Jan. 24 to 30, about 1

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Intercontinental Exchange says it explored deal with eBay

Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE), the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, said on Tuesday it had approached e-commerce company eBay Inc to explore "a range of potential opportunities". The st

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Blossom Capital’s Louise Samet talks hormone tracking and femtech bets

Early stage European VC firm, Blossom Capital, is fresh from closing a $185M fund— a big jump up on its prior close. The firm makes just a handful of investments per year, mostly at the Series A stage

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Spotlight: Trump touts economic gains as growth slows

As the U.S. economy slows, President Donald Trump on Tuesday night touted what he called "America's great economic success" in his third State of the Union address, highlighting job growth and trade