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Working to understand C3.ai’s growth story

The end-of-year IPO wave continues, this time with C3.ai moving closer to its own formal debut by updating its S-1 filing with third-quarter data.The new data provides the market with a much better lo

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Xi Jinping and Merkel discusses vaccine distribution after G20 summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China is ready to work with Germany on vaccine coordination to make sure there is equitable and efficient distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide, especially in

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Germany's economy rose 8.5% in third quarter

Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 8.5 percent in the third quarter of 2020, compared with the second quarter, which offsets a large part of the economic setback due to the coronavirus

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COVID-19 cases in Argentina show signs of decline

02:38 The number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases in Argentina is falling, and the most populated areas in and around Buenos Aries are officially out of lockdown.The country is prepar

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WHO COVID envoy fears third wave in Europe

VCG Image A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy predicts that Europe could see a third wave of the pandemic in early 2021 if governments repeated failures that enabled a sec

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UK regulator to assess Pfizer vaccine as U.S. discusses emergency use

Clinical trials have shown that a coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is 95 percent effective at preventing the illness. /AFP The British government on Friday said it has asked its in

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Italy approves latest stimulus package to help pandemic-hit business

Italy’s government has approved a new package worth around 10 billion euros ($11.9 billion) to support businesses hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.Und

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U.S. recorded over 1 mln COVID-19 cases in 7 days

VCG Image The United States reported more than one million new COVID-19 cases over the past week, a 26 percent increase over the previous week, according to latest data of the COVID Tracking P

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Portugal’s Faber reaches $24.3M for its second fund aimed at data-driven startups from Iberia

Portuguese VC Faber has hit the first close of its Faber Tech II fund at €20.5 million ($24.3 million). The fund will focus on early-stage data-driven startups starting from Southern Europe and the Ib

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Tesla to join S&P 500 as largest-ever new member

A Tesla logo seen in Beijing, China, August 1, 2019. /VCG Elon Musk's rising electric car powerhouse Tesla reached another landmark Monday when it officially qualified for the prestigious SP 5

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Protests escalate in Peru against the new government

02:07 Protesters have flooded onto the streets across Peru in a wave of demonstrations that have escalated since former president Martín Vizcarra was abruptly ousted earlier this week.

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COVID-19 fatality rate down 30% since April, study finds

The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health

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COVID-19 fatality rate down 30% since April, study finds

The likelihood that a coronavirus infection will prove fatal has dropped by nearly a third since April due to improved treatment, researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Health

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AfDB postpones 2020 Africa Investment Forum to 2021

FILE PHOTO: Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. /VCG The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday announced the postponement of the 2020 Africa Investment Forum to

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Air quality in New Delhi deteriorates to its worst in 2020

Commuters walk across amidst thick layer of smog in New Delhi, India, November, 2019. /AP Air quality in India's capital deteriorated to its worst this year on Tuesday prompting a social media

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U.S. COVID-19 infections top 10 million mark

VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in the United States has passed the 10 million mark, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.The country remains the hardest-hit globally by t

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Iran reports record daily COVID-19 cases, announces new curbs

Iran announced new lockdown curbs on Saturday after registering a record daily number of COVID-19 cases and another 423 deaths from the disease in the Middle East's worst-hit country. /AFP Ira