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Iran/Iraq – Iran exports to Iraq up 54% in 3 months (IRNA)

Head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce, Jahanbakhsh Sanjabi addressing a meeting in Kermanshah on Thursday, said that the figures indicate that 95 percent of bilateral...
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USA – Is the US Economy Running Out of Slack? (Project-Syndicate)

WILLEM H. BUITER writes: Given the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on labor markets, there is a spirited debate over...
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Inequality – How can we close inequality gaps in the global COVID-19 recovery? (WEF)

Gita Gopinath writes: The global economic recovery continues, but with a widening gap between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies. Our latest...
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Artificial Intelligence/TechInnovation – Is artificial intelligence ready for the great rehiring? (WEF)

Keith E. Sonderling writes: After a year that witnessed unemployment reach levels unseen since the Great Depression, the Great Rehiring is upon us –...
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Global Health – How can the world end viral hepatitis by 2030? 5 experts explain (WEF)

Matthew Oliver writes: More than 1.1 million people die from hepatitis B and C every year. An estimated 296 million people worldwide are living with hepatitis B, but...
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TechInnovation – European Investment Fund puts $30M in Fabric Ventures’ new $120M digital assets fund (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: Despite their rich engineering talent, Blockchain entrepreneurs in the EU often struggle to find backing due to the dearth of large...
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TechInnovation – Coralogix logs $55M for its new take on production analytics, now valued at $300-$400M (TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden writes: Data may be the new oil, but it’s only valuable if you make good use of it. Today, a startup that...
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TechInnovation – Connected car insurance startup Flock raises $17M Series A led by Chamath Palihapitiya (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: Cast your mind back to that scene in Minority Report where all those autonomous cars are whizzing through the city. The...
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TechInnovation – Japanese sneaker platform SODA raises $56.4M, accquires rival Monokabu (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu writes: Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform....
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TechInnovation – Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors (TechCrunch)

Lucas Matney, Taylor Hatmaker write: Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty...
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TechInnovation – INKR draws in $3.1M to make more comics accessible to worldwide audiences (TechCrunch)

Catherine Shu writes: INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization...
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TechInnovation – Personalized menopause platform Vira Health raises £1.5M from LocalGlobe, MMC Ventures (TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher writes: A new trend is emerging in the world of startups and, to many, it couldn’t have come too soon. Why are...
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TechInnovation – Spotify’s Clubhouse rival, Greenroom, tops 140K installs on iOS, 100K on Android (TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez writes: Spotify’s recently launched live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, has a long road ahead of it if it wants to...
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TechInnovation – Ford expects semiconductor rebound, new vehicle demand to increase 2021 profits (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan writes: Despite semiconductor shortages peaking during the second quarter of 2021, Ford says it delivered better-than-expected operating results by leveraging strong demand...
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TechInnovation – Facebook warns of ‘headwinds’ to its ad business from regulators and Apple (TechCrunch)

Taylor Hatmaker writes: Facebook posted its second quarter earnings Wednesday, beating expectations with $29 billion in revenue. The world’s biggest social media company was expected to...
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TechInnovation – Ashirase, a Honda incubation, reveals advanced walking assistance system for visually impaired (TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan writes: Globally, 225 million people are estimated to suffer from moderate or severe visual impairments, and 49.1 million are blind, according to 2020...
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