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Canadian fund buys stake in Neuvoo

Bloomberg Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) is acquiring a minority stake in jobs website Neuvoo, the latest investment by Canada’s second-largest pension fund in companies that rely on artificial intelligence. The institutional investor, also known by its initials CDPQ, is buying $40 million worth of shares in the company, Neuvoo co-founder Maxime Droux said. Droux didn’t say ...

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Tesla Model 3 wins top-tier safety award

Tesla model 3 electric car in production

Bloomberg Tesla Inc’s Model 3 earned a coveted Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), after the sedan performed better in a crash test than the Model S. The Model 3 earned “good” crash ratings in each of IIHS’s tests, including one that measures how vehicles perform in front, driver’s-side-corner collisions. The Model S fell ...

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Hong Kong now is a ‘hair’s breadth from destruction’

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Physically diminutive, intellectually acerbic and with an eye for the ironic, Margaret Ng — lawyer, writer and former legislator — is, at 71, a member of the generation for which this city’s youthful protesters have scant patience. They say the elders have been too patient about Hong Kong’s precarious situation. But, says Ng dryly, the youths frequently welcome assistance from ...

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