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The new Davos challenge

The logo of World Economic Forum. Editor's note: Alexander Friedman is a co-founder of Jackson Hole Economics. Jerry Grinstein is a former chairman and CEO of Delta Air Lines and Burlington No

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Giant Olympic rings installed at Tokyo's waterfront

A giant Olympic symbol, the five rings, was installed Friday morning at Tokyo's lankmark waterfront and will be officially lighted when the Tokyo Olympic Games is six

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Funnel closes $47M Series B to prepare marketing data for better reporting and analysis

Funnel, the Stockholm-based startup that offers technology to help businesses prepare — or make “business-ready” — their marketing data for better reporting and analysis, has c

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Commentary: China-U.S. phase-one trade deal: Important first step in right direction

China and the United States signed a phase-one economic and trade agreement on Wednesday in Washington, marking an important first step towards a final settlement of their trade disputes. The hard-w

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Sky is the limit for 11-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown

00:37 British skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown, aged just 11 years old, has gotten her first taste of the Olympics with a visit to the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland

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Why iPhones might need the same charging cable as Androids in future

According to EU officials, "one-size-fits-all" chargers would make customers' lives easier and help the environment.

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Australian tourism industry seeks urgent help as cost of bushfires grows

Australia’s peak tourism body estimated the country’s bushfire crisis has so far cost the industry almost A$1 billion ($690 million) and called for urgent help from the

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44% of TikTok’s all-time downloads were in 2019, but app hasn’t figured out monetization

Despite the U.S. government’s concerns over TikTok which most recently led to the U.S. Navy banning service members’ use of the app, TikTok had a stellar 2019 in terms of both downloads an

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Sepsis is bigger killer than three types of cancer combined - study

Sepsis, which can lead to multiple organ failure, is thought to cause one in five deaths worldwide each year.

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Wipro Ventures announces $150M Fund II to invest in enterprise startups

Wipro Ventures, the investment arm of one of India’s largest IT companies by market capitalization, said on Thursday it has raised $150 million for its second fund as it looks to invest in more enterp

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Japan confirms man has same coronavirus as China outbreak

People visiting or returning to Wuhan have been warned to wear masks and seek medical attention if they develop a cough and fever.

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Sky is the limit for 11-year-old skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown

00:37 British skateboarding prodigy Sky Brown, aged just 11 years old, has gotten her first taste of the Olympics with a visit to the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland

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Alibaba Cloud Gallery to welcome Olympic fans at Tokyo's Narita airport

Alibaba, a Worldwide Partner for the Olympic Games, will set up their cloud gallery at Tokyo's Narita airport to greet fans from all over the world for the Olympic Gam

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Seawater Rice: The future of food security?

00:56 Yuan Longping is something of a celebrity in China. He is the "Father of Hybrid Rice" – a man whose work has helped the country more than triple its annual rice output since the

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Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue

Mozilla laid off about 70 employees today, TechCrunch has learned.In an internal memo, Mozilla chairwoman and interim CEO Mitchell Baker specifically mentions the slow rollout of the organization

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App stores saw record 204 billion app downloads in 2019, consumer spend of $120 billion

Consumers downloaded a record 204 billion apps in 2019, up 6% from 2018 and up 45% since 2016, and spent $120 billion on apps, subscriptions and other in-app spending in the past year. The average mob

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China's 2019 foreign trade data reveals mixed results from trade war

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