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Germany’s icon group VC bets $30M to back startups enabling traditional companies to pivot

Icon group is a new $30M VC fund being launched out of Germany’s iconmobile group, a WPP network agency. This means a reorganization of the company from a full-service innovation agency into also offering VC backing. iconmobile has garnered a

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Xi Warns China Won’t Be Bullied as Communist Party Marks 100 Years

The celebrations help the Chinese leader showcase his achievements as he confronts a sluggish domestic economy, frosty ties with the U.S. and other Western powers, and China’s souring international image.

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Infighting and Poor Planning Leave Condo Sites in Disrepair

Under pressure to keep costs down, many condo boards around the country have little money set aside for big repairs like the ones needed in Surfside, Fla. Some are looking to force a change.

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Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary – CNN

Foreign countries that ‘bully’ China will meet a ‘great wall of steel,’ says Xi during Communist Party centenary  CNN CNN roasted for glowing coverage of Chinese Communist Party’s anniversary: ‘This is Xi-N-N’  Fox News Meituan CEO Wang Attends Xi Speech, Signaling He’s

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China Celebrates Its Communist Party’s Centennial With Spectacle, Saber Rattling

In a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping vowed to keep an iron grip on Hong Kong and to conquer Tiawan, and warned foreign forces against trying to bully China. (Image credit: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty

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China Celebrates Its Communist Party’s Centennial With Spectacle, Saber Rattling

In a fiery speech at Tiananmen Square, Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping vowed to keep an iron grip on Hong Kong and to conquer Tiawan, and warned foreign forces against trying to bully China. (Image credit: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty

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N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Remains Tight With Adams Leading in Revised Tally – The New York Times

N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race Remains Tight With Adams Leading in Revised Tally  The New York Times Tucker Carlson: New York City elections are undemocratic chaos  Fox News Preliminary Tally Shows Yang and Wiley Voters Breaking for Garcia  The New York Times Adams again tops

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Indictments of firm and top executive test Trump’s charmed life – CNN

Indictments of firm and top executive test Trump’s charmed life  CNN Donald Trump’s Odds of Going to Prison Just Skyrocketed  Vanity Fair Trump Organization and Top Executive Are Indicted in Tax Investigation  The New York Times Trump Organization and financial chief charged in

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Ex-securities regulator now works for fintech firm that pushed him to weaken law

In 2017, Israel Securities Authority chair Shmuel Hauser agreed to water down a bill that would have significantly curtailed eToro’s global expansion. Now he’s a board member

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