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Customer data platform ActionIQ raises $32M

ActionIQ co-founder and CEO Tasso Argyros knows that there are plenty of companies promising to help businesses use their customer data to deliver personalized experiences — as he put it, “The s

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China set their worst record at AFC U-23 Championship

Players of China leave the field after their 1-0 loss to Iran at the AFC U-23 Championship at Tinsulanon Stadium in Songkhla, Thailand, January 15, 2020. China lost 1-0 to Iran in their last g

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Rethinking Australian support to Trump's maximum pressure campaign

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) chats with U.S. President Donald Trump (C) prior to the session at the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is

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Verbit raises $31M Series B to expand its transcription and captioning service

Verbit, a Tel Aviv- and New York-based startup that provides AI-assisted transcription and captioning services to professional users, today announced that it has raised a $31 million Series B round le

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China to ensure economic growth within reasonable range: Premier Li

China will continue to maneuver its macro-control policies and boost the market expectation in 2020 to ensure economic growth will remain within a reasonable range, Pr

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Huawei or the highway: UK PM says Brits deserve best 5G technology

"The British public deserve to have access to the best possible technology," said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on U.S.-Huawei dispute, adding opponents of Huawei need to suggest alternatives.In

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Iran's top leader to preside over Friday Prayers on Jan. 17

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will preside over Tehran's Friday Prayers on January 17, Iran's labor news agency (ILNA) reported on Wednesday. Rare in it

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Fraudster claiming to be from Amazon dupes two people out of £15,000

UK-wide, Action Fraud has received over 200 reports about such incidents since September - with victims losing at least £400,000.

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Boeing delivery of commercial jets lowest in more than 10 years

Top U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company said Tuesday it delivered a total of 380 commercial airplanes in 2019, its lowest number since 2008. Boeing lost 87 order

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Taiwan singer A-Lin heads for global tour as 'passenger'

When Taiwan singer Huang Li-ling, better known by her stage name A-Lin, auditioned for a record company in 2003, she performed American singer Britney Spears' hit song, Baby One More Time.I wanted

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Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts

The venture-backed insurance world is more than the Lemonades and MetroMiles of the world. There’s more room in the industry for startups to shake things up. One such company, Cambridge-based In

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Oviva scores $21M Series B to bring its digital diabetes treatment to more of Europe

Oviva, the health tech startup that provides a digital solution for Type 2 diabetes treatment in Europe, has raised $21 million in Series B funding.Leading the round is MTIP, with participation by new

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Want to delay the menopause? Have more sex

Researchers suggest that for women not having sex, the body 'chooses' not to invest in ovulation, as it would be pointless.

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Brazil's Sao Paulo sends first shipment of chicken to China

Brazil's Sao Paulo state on Tuesday made its first shipment of chicken meat to China as part of the country's new push to expand market in Asia. State Agriculture Secr

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Boeing net orders slump to lowest in decades

Unpainted Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked at Renton Municipal Airport near the Boeing Renton facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., July 1, 2019. /Reuters Photo Boeing reported its worst annual

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Paper-rich startup employees look for ‘pre-wealth’ help to lock down stock options

For Silicon Valley’s potential startup millionaires, compensation packages staked on future promises of wealth are where the action is, but what happens when these employees get laid off or have

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Obvious Ventures closes an irrationally-sized third fund

Obvious Ventures, the firm co-founded by Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, announced today that it has closed its third fund “OV3” at $271,828,182, a number that the graphing