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South Korea's latest big export: Jobless college graduates

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Cho Min-kyong boasts an engineering degree from one of South Korea’s top universities, a school design award and a near-perfect score in her English proficiency test.

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World – Online staffing platforms are using their data to foster innovation (Forbes)

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Matt Barrie, CEO of Australia-based Freelancer.com, is driving innovation at his company as it and other online staffing platform firms move to the next generation, writes John Younger in Forbes. Among the changes are online platforms taking advantage of their data to create new services and profitable extensions of their businesses.

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Bangladesh – Upwork blocked for 14 hours (The Daily Star)

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Online staffing platform Upwork was blocked for 14 hours in Bangladesh, The Daily Star reported Friday. The blocking took place on Thursday by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. An Upwork executive told the publication it was unclear how the problem occurred.

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U.S. bargaining power won't improve if China trade war intensifies: Global Times editorial

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China’s nationalist Global Times tabloid said in an editorial on Sunday that the United States would not have more bargaining chips at the negotiation table with China once the trade war intensifies.

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Bayer says won't tolerate unethical behavior as France probes Monsanto file

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Bayer said on Saturday it did not accept “unethical behavior” following a French investigation into a suspected file assembled by the German company’s seed making unit Monsanto to influence various personalities in France.

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Wells Fargo CEO search hobbled by pay limitations: sources

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Wells Fargo & Co’s hunt for a new CEO is being impeded by limits on how much the bank can pay its next leader, a person close to the search and several industry insiders told Reuters.

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Uber's market debut sours most anticipated IPO since Facebook

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Uber Technologies Inc’s conservative initial public offering could not keep its shares from sinking in their trading debut on Friday, fueling debate on Wall Street over whether the outcome of the most anticipated listing since Facebook Inc would weigh on other Silicon Valley unicorns.

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Uber fizzles in Wall Street debut, opens below $45 IPO price

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Uber Technologies Inc’s shares made a disappointing market debut on Friday, marking a rocky start for the most anticipated initial public offering of the year as other high-profile startups such as Slack and WeWork look to go public.

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WeWork's starry valuation dazzles landlords, reaffirms doubters

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WeWork’s $47 billion valuation as it heads toward what may be the year’s largest initial public offering after ride-hailing firm Uber has made the flexible office space start-up the envy of landlords and the target of skeptics at a time when rents have barely kept pace with inflation.

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Cashing out in Uber's IPO: China, Russia and the Middle East

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In 2015, Uber Technologies Inc went on a fundraising spree in China, tapping venture capitalists and state-backed corporations for cash and connections to try and navigate the Chinese regulatory environment.

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