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Netflix announces it will launch in 130 more countries

Announced at CES, the move will make the streaming service available in almost every country, with the notable exception of China – for now

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Looking back: Key events that impacted markets and global economy in 2015

From economic policy to stock market moves and mergers, changes in the corporate landscape took place at a breathless pace this year. Aaron Low looks back at some of the key events in financial markets and the global economy that made 2015 a momentous year for markets around the world.

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Chinese company edges closer to securing Australia's largest milk supplier

A Chinese-owned consortium seems to have survived a challenge from a rival Australian group contesting the purchase of Australia's oldest dairy company, after a judge dismissed an injunction order holding up the sale.

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Yahoo's 'seemingly permanent decline': is this the end for the once-mighty firm?

Critics are charging once celebrated CEO Marissa Mayer with failing to pick a direction for the tech company, and questioning whether it can ever recover

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Yahoo board to weigh future of company, Marissa Mayer: source

The board's meeting comes amid a broader debate about the future of the company and that of high-profile Chief Executive Marissa Mayer.

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Tianjin plans world's largest animal cloning factory

Tianjin will build the world's largest factory where it will clone dogs, cows and horses among other animals, said the management committee of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area on Sunday.

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Chinese cement company says to default on debt

Shandong Shanshui, the wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed cement company China Shanshui, would default on its debts, according to a statement from the parent company.

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Exchanges between Vietnamese workers, Chinese technicians in joint ventures help improve working skills, understanding

​"I have learned a lot from Chinese technicians' guidance at work with advanced technology and construction methods," Le Van Doan, a Vietnamese worker at China's Hua Yue construction company told Xinhua recently in Vietnam's northern Bac Giang province.

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Chinese companies eye Australia's leading beef producer

​Several Chinese companies have flagged their interest in bidding for Australian property company S. Kidman and Co, one of Australia's largest beef producers which has a landholding covering 101,000 square kilometers in three states and the Northern Territory.

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Dell to buy EMC in biggest-ever technology industry deal

Dell Inc will buy data storage company EMC Corp in a deal valued at about $67 billion, the largest on record in the technology sector.

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Alibaba hasn't changed, investor perception has: former VP

As the Alibaba Group's stock continues to fall, Porter Erisman, former vice president, defended his previous employer, saying the market is overreacting.

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Japan's Sharp announces sale of head office buildings in Osaka

​Japan's electronics giant Sharp announced on Monday that it will sell its two head office buildings in Osaka for a total of 18.8 billion yen (156 million U. S.dollars).

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Uber launches carpooling service in China

Uber, the U.S. ridesharing firm, has launched a new carpooling product, uberCOMMUTE, in Chengdu, as the company shifts up a gear in its race to win the Chinese market, the company announced Wednesday.

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Hong Kong-listed giant buys top Australian vitamin company

​Hong Kong-listed Biostime has purchased leading Australian vitamin company Swisse Wellness, it was confirmed on Friday.

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Corporate CPC supervision mechanism key to SOE reform

Enhancing CPC supervision within state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is crucial to preventing loss of state assets and improving corporate governance, according to a state think tank researcher on Tuesday.

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Alibaba shifts talent strategy, cuts graduate recruitment

​Alibaba announced it would cut its graduate recruitment quota as part of a "talent strategy adjustment".