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Spotlight: Market watchers say U.S. recession may be imminent, albeit short-lived

The U.S. economy may be headed for a sharp recession, due to panic over the coronavirus, according to economists, banks and U.S. financial media, although the slowdown may be short-lived. The countr

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F1 drivers turn to virtual racing after Australian GP called off

Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (2nd R) speaks during previews prior to the cancellation of Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, March 12, 2020. /VCG Formula One driver

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Chinese-American returns to Shanghai after getting exiled by COVID-19

04:59 While COVID-19 has severely affected international travel for weeks, with several countries under partial to total lockdown, it had a completely different impact on a Shanghai-ba

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Microsoft moves its 2020 Build developer conference online

May is traditionally a month of big developer conferences, with Facebook F8, Google I/O and Microsoft Build often happening within the same two-week period. But not this year. After F8 and I/O were a

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Behind the Russia-OPEC fallout

Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a security analyst at the London School of Economics-South Asia Centre and an author. The article reflects the author's opinions, not necessarily the views of CGTN

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More European football games to play behind closed doors amid COVID-19

Valencia CF and Atalanta play in an empty stadium during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second-leg match in Valencia, Spain, March 10, 2020. /VCG The impact of coronavirus on major spor

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Attacking China won't help the West defeat COVID-19

Medical workers clear the facilities after all patients left Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a fo

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YouTube will now allow creators to monetize videos about coronavirus and COVID-19

YouTube today announced a change in policy regarding the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. Previously, YouTube’s advertising guidelines prevented monetization of videos that included more than a pa

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Can history shed light on Wall Street's coronavirus panic?

Black Monday returned after 32 years when the Dow Jones industrial average ended the opening day down more than 2,000 points and Wall Street triggered an automated circuit breaker that put trading

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Electric reopens Series B to make room for Dick Costolo and Adam Bain

Electric, the platform that delivers IT services to small and medium businesses, has today announced that it has raised an additional $14.5 million on its Series B from 01 Advisors, the fund led by Tw

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COVID-19 means the world economy may be in for a long slog

First, COVID-19 triggered fear and panic among consumers in some countries. Now the financial markets seem just as rattled.As a result, experts say chances of a global recession in 2020 are increa

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Australian COVID-19 cases hit 100

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia has hit triple digits. The Department of Health revealed that as of Tuesday morning at 11:00 a.m., there have been 100 diagnosed cases of CO

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Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

With prosecutors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “hist

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Global Business Daily: Oil falls, Grindr sold, ECB crisis drill

"Europemustproveitspoliticaleffectiveness... Ithinktherewillbeabefore and after the coronavirusinthehistoryoftheglobaleconomy."That was Bruno Le Maire, France's finance minister, discussing how Europ

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Apple could add mouse cursor support to the iPad

According to a report from 9to5mac, Apple could be working on full cursor support for the next major version of iOS and iPadOS. The report is based on code of an early version of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14.

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If we could see alternate realities, would we want to take a look?

Well, here we are. After many weeks (and a somewhat inconsistent publishing schedule), we have arrived at the final story of Ted Chiang’s Exhalation collection, number nine of nine. It has been a fun

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How the information system industry became enterprise software

If you were a software company employee or venture capitalist in Silicon Valley before 1993, chances are you were talking about “Information Systems Software” and not “Enterprise Software.” How and wh