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BANGKOK - Shares skidded in Asia on Wednesday after Wall Street closed lower for a second straight day, led by drops in technology companies and banks. Worsening coronavirus...
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Australia plans to spend $417 M on hydrogen, carbon capture

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CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister has proposed spending an extra 539 million Australian dollars on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects, seeking to burnish...
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Meituan raises $10 bln for self-driving cars, drone delivery

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HONG KONG - Chinese food delivery giant Meituan raised nearly $10 billion in a sale of convertible bonds and additional shares and plans to invest those funds in developing and...
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Deliverect gobbles up $65M for a platform that streamlines online and offline food orders

1 hour ago | Tech Crunch

Restaurants rode a wave of usage of food delivery services like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and DoorDash in the last year, discovering new revenues and ways to connect with diners to...
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Daily Crunch: Apple announces a new iPad Pro and much more

7 hours ago | Tech Crunch | 2 articles

Apple announces new devices, Amazon opens a hair salon and Venmo adds cryptocurrency support. This is your Daily Crunch for April 20, 2021. The big story: Apple announces a new...
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Companies continue to prioritize AI and cloud for innovation investment, according to the latest Transforming Business poll

10 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Contactless payment with facial recognition technology. Getty Images Cloud and AI top the list of innovation investments by companies according to the latest Transforming...
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Apple's new iPad Pro is the best explanation for why we'll never see a touchscreen MacBook

10 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Summary List Placement Apple's iPad Pro has always seemed like an alternative to the laptop. After all, it has a laptop-sized screen, it's designed to work best with a...
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Joe Biden's made-for-TV inauguration celebration was bankrolled by dozens of corporations who do business with government

11 hours ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Numerous corporations helped bankroll President Joe Biden's made-for-TV inauguration celebrations, together pouring eight-figures into the festivities...
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Foxconn deal with Wisconsin lowers tax breaks to $80 million

11 hours ago | Stl Today | 3 articles

MADISON, Wis. - Foxconn Technology Group will be eligible for just $80 million in taxpayer subsidies under a new contract signed Tuesday, down from nearly $3 billion it could...
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NAR's SCV Announces 2021 REACH Commercial Cohort

11 hours ago | RIS Media

Second Century Ventures , the strategic investment arm of the National Association of REALTORS® , recently announced the selection of nine technology companies for the 2021...
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The Latest: Italy starts distributing J&J for those over 60

ROME - Italy is distributing 184,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus shots to regional vaccination centers and recommending it for people aged over 60 following the... Read more ...

New Zealand to consolidate health care into national service

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand announced Wednesday it will consolidate its fragmented health care system into a national service similar to the one revered by many in... Read more ...

Daily Crunch: Apple announces a new iPad Pro and much more

Apple announces new devices, Amazon opens a hair salon and Venmo adds cryptocurrency support. This is your Daily Crunch for April 20, 2021. The big story: Apple announces a new... Read more ...

A year ago, police initially reported the death of George Floyd as the...

Summary List Placement Almost a year ago, Minneapolis police initially reported the death of George Floyd as the result of a "medical incident during police interaction." On... Read more ...

Powerful images capture Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley's emotional reaction...

Summary List Placement Rep. Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri and Black Lives Matter activist, could be seen crying as she embraced Rep. Ayanna Pressley. Bush, a freshman... Read more ...

Apple event fails to save the company's stock from broader market sell-off

Today's Apple event, chock-full of the company's products that will help decide whether the company meets, exceeds or undershoots Wall Street expectations for its future growth... Read more ...

Police union welcomes verdict, says 'justice has worked' after Derek Chauvin...

Summary List Placement That former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin is now a was convicted of murder, among other charges , serves as proof that the "system of justice has... Read more ...

AOC reacts to Derek Chauvin verdict, says the fact that George Floyd had to...

Summary List Placement Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weighed in Tuesday after the former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted on multiple counts of... Read more ...

Biden and Harris make emotional call to George Floyd's family after Derek...

Summary List Placement President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and first lady Jill Biden called George Floyd's family on Tuesday after a jury found Derek Chauvin... Read more ...

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld says he was 'glad' about the Derek Chauvin...

Summary List Placement Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said on Tuesday that he had a "really selfish" reaction to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict , and it did not go over well with... Read more ...