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China Snags World’s Biggest IPOs While Hong Kong Listings Dry Up

(Bloomberg) — Initial public offerings are coming thick and fast in mainland China, with Shanghai set to host the world’s two biggest listings this year as domestic investors look past the government’s regulatory crackdown. It’s a different story in Hong Kong, a global center for IPOs that’s seen only one offering so far this month. International investors who use the financial hub as a window into China are increasingly concerned by policy risks in sectors ranging from technology… Source link

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Disturbing discovery in man’s chest x-ray after he suffers a dry throat

A man’s chest x-ray has delivered a disturbing explanation behind a bizarre bout of swallowing difficulty and throat dryness. Bradford Gauthier, from the US state of Massachusetts, began experiencing the abnormal symptoms earlier this week and initially put it down to them being an uncomfortable side effect of shovelling snow. “I woke up this morning, felt fine, but when I tried to drink a glass of water it wouldn’t go down, I had to lean over to let it spill out into the sink. Gross,” Source link

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Hackers last year conducted a ‘dry run’ of SolarWinds breach

Westend61/Getty Images Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by a company called SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run of their broad espionage campaign last year, according to sources with knowledge of the operation. The hackers distributed malicious files from the SolarWinds network in October 2019, five months before previously reported files were sent to victims through the company’s software update servers. The October files, distributed to… Source link

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CDC to decrease quarantine time; UPS ramps up dry ice

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is aiming to reduce the quarantine requirements for someone potentially exposed to the virus from 14 days to somewhere between 7 to 10 days. The change in days, in addition to conducting a test, is being pursued as health officials try to gain better compliance with an increasingly covid-weary population, according to the Wall Street Journal. The decision is also guided by a better understanding of the phases of virus incubation and… Source link

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