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A farm stay's path to diversified growth amid pandemic-dented business

03:43 About a four-hour drive from downtown Chengdu, farm stays – places where urban dwellers can get a taste of life on the farm – in Wanshou Village, Bazhong City are grappling with

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Brazil's Bolsonaro wants borders reopened, says worth risk

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called for the reopening of the country's borders, as he pushes to restart South America's largest economy, but conceded he may be blamed if the new coron

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China bashing is all Trump has left, buckle up

President Donald Trump listens during a conference call with banks on efforts to help small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. /

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Trump’s hype for state lockdown protests puts Twitter and Facebook’s new COVID-19 policies to the test

A new flurry of tweets from President Trump is pushing the limits of social platform policies designed explicitly to keep users safe from the spread of the novel coronavirus, both online and off.In a

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APD | Recession threatens to reverse Asia’s economic achievements

By APD writer AliceAfter the trade war between the US and China, the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a continent-wide recession wo

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Another 847 COVID-19 patients die in UK hospitals

Another 847 people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died in hospitals in Britain as of Thursday afternoon, bringing the total number of coronavirus-related deaths

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Commentary: High tariffs unhelpful for U.S. fighting coronavirus

While the U.S. is busy dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, its high duties on imports of critical medical equipment, notably from China, could burden itself and underc

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Spotlight: World rolling out aid measures to mitigate COVID-19 economic fallout

Countries and organizations around the world are rolling out multiple aid measures as the coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the global economy. So far, mo

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Grain, a startup built expressly atop of Zoom for note-taking and video-clip making, raises $4 million

Whenever a platform breaks out, companies emerge to seize on its reach by building their services or products atop it. It happened with Facebook and Twitter and Slack. Now, it’s happening with Z

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As COVID-19 pummels global economy, 8 new companies join the $100M ARR club

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re adding a number of companies to the $100 million ARR club

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IMF warns Asia's economy to see 0% growth in 2020

Asia's economy is expected to stall at zero percent this year, the worst growth performance in almost 60 years, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday."This is a crisis like no ot

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Exclusive with IMF: COVID-19 sends world into history making recession

01:51 The global economy is headed for a recession because of COVID-19.In a new World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund predicts the 2020 recession will be worse

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Medopad rebrands as Huma, acquires BioBeats and TLT to expand its biomarker platform

Some big changes are underway for Medopad, a startup that builds software for medical practitioners to monitor patients remotely based on digital biomarkers — measurable indicators of the progre

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Markets dragged down by abysmal retail sales and factory output

U.S. major stock indexes fell in Wednesday trading as new data from the Commerce Department and Federal Reserve indicated a collapse in manufacturing output and retail sales.However, the declines did

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Pro-Iran accounts blamed the US for the coronavirus in latest social media disinformation campaign

As the coronavirus wreaks havoc on economies and populations around the globe, the chaos also presents a unique opportunity for disinformation efforts.According to a new report from social analytics c

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Opinion: Washington's WHO funding freeze ill-timed, irresponsible

Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2019 shows the White House and a stop sign in Washington D.C., the United States. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) Washington is not only trying to shirk its responsibility, but also seeks to

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Commentary: Washington's WHO funding freeze ill-timed, irresponsible

The United States announced on Tuesday that it is going to halt its funding to the World Health Organization (WHO). Washington's decision, which seeks to put "America