Challenges in Chinese Venture Capital and Brazil's Political Landscape

Netflix loses 1mn subscribers, small and midsize venture capital firms in China are struggling to raise funds as foreign investors flee risk, and former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running to be the country’s head of state again, in what could be an extraordinary political comeback. 

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