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Timeline: Amazon’s extraordinary evolution
Amazon enters China – August 19Share price: $38.63 Amazon enters ChinaShare price: $38.63 August 19 Source: AP Amazon pays $75 million to buy Joyo, the largest online seller of books and electronics in the
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Tencent has pumped billions into 300 companies. Here’s what it’s really buying
Hong Kong (CNN Business)WeChat owner Tencent is more than just one of the world's biggest internet companies, it's also a major investor in businesses around the globe.In the past 10 years, the Chinese tech
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SoftBank and Toyota want driverless cars to change the world
Hong Kong (CNN Business)SoftBank and Toyota want to change the world of transportation through autonomous vehicles and other technologies.The high-profile Japanese companies are forming a joint venture called Monet to develop businesses that will
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Times like these won’t keep Chinese shoppers away from Gucci
London (CNN Business)Trade war? Economic slowdown? Come what may, big-spending Chinese consumers won't be denied luxury.Chinese shoppers that abandoned luxury brands during a government crackdown on corruption are now delivering a wave of sales
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The Paris park at the center of a global prostitution ring
Paris (CNN)A row of dirty vans is parked on a broad, tree-lined avenue in the outskirts of Paris. In the dark of night, fluttering candles light up the faces of the women in the
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America’s coolest city?
Seattle, Washington (CNN) — Rewind to 1971, when Seattle was an isolated backwater. Boeing, the area's largest employer at the time, had sliced 60,000 jobs and the unemployment rate skyrocketed to 13%. A now
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US airport relaxes marijuana rules
(CNN) — Los Angeles International Airport, better known as LAX, has announced that it will permit travelers to bring small amounts of legal marijuana through security in their carry-on bags. But wait: That doesn't
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Golden Knights’ mission to heal through hockey
(CNN)It was just nine days after the mass shooting in Las Vegas on October 1, 2017. Deryk Engelland, captain of the Vegas Golden Knights, was standing in a spotlight at T-Mobile Arena, addressing the
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Molinari hails ‘perfect week’ with Team Europe
(CNN)Francesco Molinari's "special year" continued with a magical performance at the Ryder Cup. The Italian rubber stamped Europe's victory at Le Golf National by defeating Phil Mickelson 4&2 on Sunday and also fired himself
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WhatsApp ‘love-in’ and tattoo pledge inspire Europe
Le Golf National, France (CNN)In the end it was a demolition job, except the dream-wreckers weren't the superstars of America.The face of a dejected and tired-looking Tiger Woods told the story as the deflated


