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China opens ‘Pandora’s Box’ of human genetic engineering
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: A Chinese researcher’s claim that he successfully modified the genes of human embryos may force the country to make a stark choice about the future of its burgeoning biotechnology industry — one with significant implications for an emerging technology arms race with the West.
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How Bill Gates aims to save $233bn by reinventing the toilet
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/11/2018
» SYDNEY: Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million lives and deliver $200 billion-plus in savings.
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Asian patients (finally) have their medicines
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/10/2018
» For decades, much of the pipeline of medical innovation has flowed from West to East. Now a string of companies are attempting to upend that trend with new drugs and products tailored to Asian bodies and lifestyles.
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Scared by Facebook? Wait till millennials are selling their data
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/06/2018
» PARIS/SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING: Alice Liogier wants to slap a price on her data.
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Airbnb refuse China buyout offer
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/05/2018
» BEIJING: Airbnb Inc's founders were moments away from merging their China business with local competitor Tujia in January 2017. Executives and investors spent hours hashing out a deal. Preliminary term sheets were drawn up. Then in the final hour of negotiations, Airbnb pulled out.
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Chinese overwhelm tourist infrastucture
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/12/2017
» The kingdom of golden temples, white-sand beaches and smiling hosts is also a land of overcrowded airports, epic traffic jams and littered seashores.
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Showtime for bid to save Pacific trade pact dumped by Trump
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2017
» OTTAWA: The push to salvage a Pacific-rim trade pact will come to a head this week as nations diverge on whether it should be preserved, abandoned or renegotiated from scratch after President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the deal.
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Global trade boom steams into 2018 despite Trump threats
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/11/2017
» HONG KONG: It was meant to be the year of the trade war. Instead, it was the year of the trade boom.
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Japan's internet maverick new target: $180 steaks
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/10/2017
» TOKYO: Japan’s corporate enfant terrible Takafumi Horie built one of the country’s most successful internet businesses, stood for parliament, went to prison and started a space company that aims to put the country’s first privately funded rocket into orbit. Now he has a new frontier: cattle.
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As sperm counts drop in China, fertility business booms
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/07/2017
» BEIJING -- On a recent afternoon, a visitor from northern China took a smoke break outside the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital. Cigarettes were one reason he had come to the capital: he reckons his nicotine habit played a part in damaging his fertility.
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