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Brexit bill becomes law after receiving royal assent

British government's Brexit bill became law Thursday after Queen Elizabeth II gave it her royal assent, paving the way for Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) on Jan. 31. Under the governmen

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Vietnam confirms first 2 novel coronavirus cases

The first two cases of novel coronavirus in Vietnam have been reported in the country's southern Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported. A 66-year-

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Aki acquires Eyeview’s ad personalization tech

Video advertising company Eyeview shut down in December, but its technology will live on thanks to an acquisition by Aki Technologies.Aki CEO Scott Swanson told me that he’s anticipating serious

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US regulators need to catch up with Europe on fintech innovation 

Fintech companies are fundamentally changing how the financial services ecosystem operates, giving consumers powerful tools to help with savings, budgeting, investing, insurance, electronic payments a

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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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U.S. mobile app subscription revenue jumped 21% in 2019 to $4.6B across the top 100 apps

Outside of in-app purchases in mobile games, subscription revenue from non-game apps helped to boost 2019’s mobile consumer spend — a figure that reached $120 billion globally last year, a

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One Medical targets IPO valuation of up to $2B as we unpack its Q4 results

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.Today we’re digging into One Medical’s updated IPO filing released thi

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It's official: Oakland Raiders are renamed Las Vegas Raiders

Logo of the Raiders The former Oakland Raiders of the NFL on Wednesday officially changed their name to the Las Vegas Raiders. The Silver and Black left Oakland, where they have played for 40

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Match Group invests in Noonlight to power new safety features in Tinder and other dating apps

Match Group, the dating app giant and parent company to Match, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, and several other dating apps, announced this morning it has invested in and partnered with connected sa

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Boris Johnson says the UK has crossed "the finish line"

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on the verge of getting Brexit done. (Credit: AP) More than three years after the UK voted to leave the European Union, lawmakers in Britain have approv

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Xiaomi eyes global expansion: CFO

04:58 Chinese technology giant Xiaomi Corp. is poised to gear up efforts on global expansion, a senior management of the company told CGTN.Speaking of Xiaomi's overseas expansion, Chew

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Hundreds of flights canceled in Wuhan amid efforts to curb novel coronavirus

Hundreds of flights from or to Wuhan had been canceled as of Thursday noon, after Wuhan, the center of a pneumonia outbreak in China, rolled out a slew of unprecedente

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APD | Eight Indians die of suffocation in a Nepal hotel

By APD writer Rishika ChauhanNew Delhi, Jan. 23 (APD) - Eight Indians, on a holiday in Nepal, suffocated to death in their mountain resort due to carbon monoxide emanat

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Profile: Katerina Sakellaropoulou, the first female Greek president

High court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou was elected Wednesday by parliament president of the Hellenic Republic, making her the country's first female head of state. Since 2018, Sakellaropoulou has

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More U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq over potential injuries

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he did not consider the brain injuries suffered by 11 U.S. service members in Iran's recent attack on a base in Iraq to be serious, as the American milit

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Neymar sets up two goals as PSG cruise into League Cup final

Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain during the French League Cup semi-final against Stade de Reims at the Auguste Delaune Stadium, Reims, France, January 22, 2020. Neymar set up the first two goals

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WHO extends emergency talks over coronavirus outbreak, commending China's efforts

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of Internatio