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Global economic outlook still gloomy

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., March 18, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Liu Chunsheng is an associate professor at the Central University of Finance

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PlayVS is halfway to recruiting every state into its global esports community

Millions of high school kids play online multiplayer games, but they seldom have crosstown rivals in Fortnite or Valorant. PlayVS wants to make that happen with its platform for school-sponsored espo

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Pakistan's fight against COVID-19: A success story?

People wear protective masks while watching a movie at a cinema in Peshawar, Pakistan, August 10, 2020. /Reuters Picture a developing country facing a mix of social, political and economic tro

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Slack’s earnings detail how COVID-19 is both a help and a hindrance to cloud growth

Slack’s shares are set to fall sharply this morning, down around 16% in pre-market trading. As the company beat analyst expectations last quarter and guided within range, the selloff might feel

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Book: Pence told 'to be on standby' for Trump hospital visit

A new book is reviving questions about President Donald Trump's unscheduled visit to Walter Reed military hospital last fall with the revelation that “word went out” fo

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Submit your pitch deck to Disrupt 2020’s Pitch Deck Teardown

We’re excited to announce a new event at Disrupt 2020. Called Pitch Deck Teardown, top venture capitalists and entrepreneurs will evaluate and suggest fixes for Disrupt 2020 attendees’ pit

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Half of Lebanon's population could face food shortages: UN

More than half of Lebanon's population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a blast at the Port of Beirut that compounded the country's many woes, the United N

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Feature: Chinese restaurant adjusts to outdoor dining in COVID-19 pandemic

"The restaurant's turnover is only two to three percent of what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Rent, utilities and staff salaries have to be paid as usual," Chen

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Hear from experienced edtech investors on the market’s overnight boom

Edtech’s reputation has been revitalized due to the coronavirus pandemic, which forced millions of students to adopt remote education overnight. But behind the scramble is a crop of investors who have

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Robinhood raises $200M more at $11.2B valuation as its revenue scales

Robinhood announced this morning that it has raised $200 million more at a new, higher $11.2 billion valuation. The new capital came as a surprise.Astute observers of all things fintech will recall t

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Across China: World's porcelain factories aim for upgrades with innovation

Xu Jinbao changed his company's name from "Sanfu Souvenir" to "Sanfu Technology" a couple of weeks ago, so he could expand production from tea sets and vases to air pu

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A beginner’s guide to diversity, equity and inclusion

After Minneapolis police killed George Floyd and the subsequent racial justice uprising, many people in tech shouted from the rooftops that “Black Lives Matter,” despite having subpar representation o

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China's factory deflation slows in July as recovery gains strength

China's factory deflation eased in July, driven by a rise in global oil prices and as industrial activity climbed back toward pre-coronavirus levels, adding to signs of recovery in the world's second

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Key Yangtze River port to boost waterway-rail transport in central China

Construction on the second phase of an international waterway-rail transport project in central China's Wuhan, Hubei Province, began Saturday. The project aims to serv

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Instrumental raises $20M to scale its AI-powered manufacturing tech

This morning Instrumental, a startup that uses vision-powered AI to detect manufacturing anomalies, announced that it has closed a $20 million Series B led by Canaan Partners. The company had previous

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Backgrounder: Washington's interference, crackdown on China in recent years

On Tuesday, the United States abruptly requested China to close its Consulate General in Houston, a unilateral political provocation against China among a series of escalation in its anti-China actio

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Twitter misses quarterly ad sales estimates while usage surges

Twitter Inc missed Wall Street's lowered expectations for quarterly revenue on Thursday despite surging usage, as the coronavirus-spurred economic slowdown battered the company's largely events-orien