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Australia fires intensify: 'It's going to be a blast furnace'
The blazes have strained the country's firefighting resources, and the fire season, though still young, already ranks as among the worst in Australia's recorded history
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'We have to make products for India, not just Made in India'
Paramdeep Singh Anand, CEO of FieldAssist, on investor interest in B2B startups and SaaS as a potential game changer
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At SoftBank's jewel in India: 'Toxic' culture and troubling incidents
Oyo has reportedly imposed extra fees on hotels and declined to pay the hotels the full amounts they claimed they were owed
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Top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is killed in U.S. strike
The killing of Soleimani was a major blow for Iran and a major escalation of Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran
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Markets in 2019: You couldn't lose money if you tried
This year, however, a simpler strategy would have worked: Buy almost anything
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Zero to 60 in 2.2 seconds? Electric vehicles to watch out for
Sales of electric autos were double those from the year before, but they were still dwarfed by their fossil-fuel-powered brethren
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Inside China's push to turn Muslim minorities into an army of workers
The Muslim minorities are crucial to the government's strategy of social reengineering alongside the indoctrination camps, which have held 1 million or more Uighurs and Kazakhs
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How big companies won new tax breaks from the Trump administration
Corporate executives, major investors and the wealthiest Americans hailed the tax cuts as a once-in-a-generation boon, for their own fortunes and the U.S. economy
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In the U.S., an angioplasty costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.
As politicians continue to lament the system's expense, and more Americans struggle to pay the high and often unpredictable bills that can accompany their health problems
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A 7-Eleven in Japan might close for a day. Yes, that's a big deal.
Matsumoto announced in November his plans to close up shop so he and his two full-time employees could take off New Year's Day
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Leadership (Honing this one skill can improve your worth by 50%; Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action), Technology (They have millions of fans, but they don't exist!; The rise of the Asian 'super app'), Business (11 types of business failure), and Science (How birds drop 'unnecessary' genes can help us understand evolution)