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Chinese importing company D.I.G. and enterprise blockchain provider VeChain’s wine traceability platform now tracks over 20 wines across Shanghai free trade zone

mmacapagal — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:00:11 +0000

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National Income Share of Top 10% by Country or Region

mmacapagal — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:00:39 +0000

World Inequality Report 2018 reported top 10% of income earners in Middle East, India, Brazil, and Sub-Saharan Africa received more than half of national incomes in 2016

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Total Green Bonds Issued

mmacapagal — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:00:57 +0000

UN Environment and Bloomberg data showed green bonds issued worldwide grew over ten times in five years from $15 billion in 2013 to $163 billion in 2017

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Facebook announced Connectivity, new organization housing company’s Internet-for-all initiatives, such as Internet satellites, Free Basics, and more

mmacapagal — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:00:55 +0000

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Development banks of BRICS nations formed new consortium that will conduct research on blockchain technology to innovate on financial sector applications

mmacapagal — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 10:00:15 +0000

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Social media firm Facebook planning to launch Athena Internet satellite in low Earth orbit by 2019, a step closer to bringing high-speed Internet service to unconnected parts of world

mmacapagal — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:00:08 +0000

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China Smartphone Users

mmacapagal — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 10:00:29 +0000

Newzoo forecasts smartphone users in China to grow by 8.1% annually, from 597 million in 2015 to 881 million in 2020

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Alibaba Cloud announced launch of data center in Mumbia, India, which will enable country’s small and medium enterprises to execute cloud-based initiatives

mmacapagal — Sat, 30 Dec 2017 10:00:19 +0000

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Google launched Google Go, data-friendly search app intended for bandwidth-constrained emerging markets with newly-added search features

mmacapagal — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:00:48 +0000

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Veridium and Wala to introduce zero-fee and biometrics-authenticated digital banking model to serve sub-Saharan Africa’s unbanked population

mmacapagal — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 10:00:37 +0000

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