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Livongo Health, a consumer digital health company that is empowering people with chronic diseases to live better has raised $44.5M in Series C funding. Sourced through Scoop.it from: hitconsultant.net

Chancellor criticised after highlighting the stark message from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it downgraded growth prospects from 2.2% to 1.9%. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

It’s hard to call a billion dollar exit from an emerging market anything more than a major win, but Lazada, the Rocket Internet-backed e-commerce firm in.. Sourced through Scoop.it from: feedproxy.google.com

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Klaus Regling, the managing director of the European Stability Mechanism, the eurozone bailout fund, spoke to The Wall Street Journal about a range of issues, including ongoing negotiations between Greece and its international creditors and… Sourced through Scoop.it from: blogs.wsj.com

Enterprises have been slow to move big data processing to the cloud, but not for lack of trying. Most companies now use the public cloud in some form, ofte Sourced through Scoop.it from: thenextweb.com

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