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VCs are cutting checks remotely, but deal volume could be slowing

When COVID-19 began to shutter the United States economy, startups jumped into cost-cutting mode as expectations rose that venture capital was about to get a heck of a lot harder to raise. After all,

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Twilio acquires Electric Imp to bolster its growing IoT business

While you may mostly think about Twilio in the context of its voice and text messaging platform, the company has recently made a number of moves to bolster its IoT platform, which is already one of it

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Spotlight: British economy likely to take longer to recover

As the International Monetary Fund predicted a 10.2-percent contraction of Britain's economy in 2020, gloomier than its previously projected contraction of 6.5 percent

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UK 'jobs crisis' is underway, recruiters warn

The City of London financial district in London, UK. /VCG Photo The collapse in Britain's labor market eased only slightly last month, according to a survey on Wednesday from the Recruitment a

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APD | Arunachal Pradesh (south Tibet) could prove another Galwan valley

By writer Imdad Hussain Editor's note: Imdad Hussain currently works as Senior Producer and reporter at state-run Television based in Islamabad, having experience of mo

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Global Business Daily: Bleak eurozone outlook, Deutsche's Epstein fine

"In the matter of three months, we have wiped out all the improvements in the labor market [which] took 10 years to achieve."That's the OECD's Stefano Scarpetta, who we spoke to after the development

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Goldman Sachs raises forecast of U.S. economy contraction to 4.6 pct in 2020

Global investment management firm Goldman Sachs lowered its forecast for the U.S. economy in a report published Saturday, saying it would grow at 25 percent in the thi

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Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires

Amazon forest fires in Brazil increased by 19.5 percent in June compared to the same month last year, making it the worst June in 13 years, authorities revealed on Wednesday.June marks the start o

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Much ado about masks highlights dawn of a post-America world

U.S. President Donald Trump smiles without wearing a mask at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, July 3, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based co

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UK government's China travel exclusion is an illogical political stunt

Passengers wearing face masks at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 1, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of

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Will Amazon forest fires complicate COVID-19 in Brazil?

00:44 Fires in Brazil's Amazon region jumped 20% in June compared to that month a year ago, according to new government data.Researchers worry these findings could foretell a repeat, o

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EU-U.S. alliance is on a ventilator

The European Union re-opened its borders to dozens of "safe countries" on July 1 after months of COVID-19 lockdown.But interestingly, the United States – a decades-long ally with the 27-member blo

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Why the U.S.' act to stockpile global supply of remdesivir is wrong

Editor's note: Jonathan Arnott is a former member of the European Parliament. The article reflects the author's opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.The United States has bought 500,000

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Meat off the menu for Lebanese army as prices skyrocket

The Lebanese army has scrapped meat from all meals it offers to soldiers on duty as food prices skyrocket as a result of a deepening economic crisis.The country is in the throes of its worst econo

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'There has to be justice': Katie Price tells MPs of online abuse her son receives

The former glamour model says her disabled son Harvey receives 'disgusting' abuse from online trolls and it needs to stop.

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'Watch this space': Expert says 'whole array' of drugs being tested as COVID-19 treatments

One drug which has already been shown to cut recovery time for coronavirus patients has been bought up almost entirely by the US.

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Twitch breaks records again in Q2, topping 5B total hours watched

Twitch had already broken viewership records in the first quarter of 2020 amid coronavirus lockdowns, surpassing 3 billion total hours watched in a single quarter for the first time. In the second qua