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China is creating a plan to replace Carrie Lam. If Xi Jinping gives the go-ahead, Lam’s replacement would be installed by March and serve out the rest of her term until 2022, according to the Financial Times. Timing is key as Beijing reportedly wants to wait until protests calm down.

Africans pay more for access to the internet. The impact of the lack of local market competition is reflected in the high costs of internet access on the continent with the average price for one gigabyte of data costing 7.12% of the average monthly salary.

US top diplomat to Ukraine makes a compelling testimony. CNN obtained Bill Taylor’s opening statement, which stated he was told Trump would hold back “everything” Ukraine wanted until a public guarantee that Kyiv would investigate the Bidens.

Under Armour's founder will step down as CEO. Kevin Plank is handing the reigns of his sportswear empire to chief operating officer Patrik Frisk—who will still report to Plank in his new role as executive chairman. Plank will work on reenergizing its products and image.

Why Nike selected a tech executive as its next CEO. The company has been investing heavily in tech and data analytics. It sees its new CEO leading it into a future focused on data-driven, direct-to-consumer sales.

Lawmakers move to make it much harder to launder money in the US. A bill looking to dent America’s status as the world’s biggest tax haven—by forcing owners of US firms to disclose identities to law enforcement—passed a vote in the House.

China is the world's best unicorn factory. A new ranking of global unicorns says that China has 206 $1billion+ startups—compared with 203 for the US—according to the inaugural Hurun Global Unicorn List.

To infinity and beyond. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has put together a new consortium to build a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program with his space company Blue Origin.

Politics doesn't stop at the atmosphere's edge. Attendees hoping to hear from the world’s busiest space power were disappointed after a Chinese space official didn’t show at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), a 70-year-old space conference.

The future of connecting flights. United is expanding its "Connection Saver" tool for fliers to make their connecting flight, Vox reports. Air travel industry insiders say this is a bandaid to solving the ever-present problem of running an "on-time operation."

Flight shame doesn't work in fighting against climate change. Finnair's success reveals that travelers need to reach far-flung destinations, and often planes are the only way there.

The Steve Jobs speech that made Silicon Valley obsessed with pirates. In the early 1980s, Steve Jobs delivered a speech to Apple employees that included a metaphor about pirates. Since then, startups and tech companies have embraced the tale, while simultaneously misinterpreting it.

We wouldn’t have ecommerce without Amazon. Amazon wasn't the first company to deliver items directly to consumers. But between 2000 and 2010, it was the only one that mattered.

Parliament rejects Brexit debate timeline. Despite agreeing to Boris Johnson's withdrawal bill, MPs decided three days was not enough time to debate the text of the agreement, BBC reports. A Brexit extension seems increasingly likely, and a general election may be imminent.

The UK government's Brexit calculations appear incomplete. Various costs and benefits of Brexit are described as "non-monetised" 105 times in a new impact analysis, Quartz's Jason Karaian reports.

WeWork's problems are bigger than Adam Neumann. Yes, life isn't fair and neither is the former CEOs obscene payout—but WeWork's real problem is its $47 billion in lease payment obligations coming up over the next few years.

SoftBank takes over WeWork. The board of the shared office company chose the Japanese conglomerate over a competing offer from JP Morgan, the Wall Street Journal reports. Co-founder Adam Neumann will lose control of WeWork—but get a $1.7 billion payout.

India’s hard push on renewables isn’t about climate change—yet. Quartz explores how India is meeting the challenge of providing increasing amounts of energy to its people while trying to lower its dependence on fossil fuels. ✦

How a new platform for immigrants mimics centuries-old behavior. For Homeis to truly take off, it’ll need to anticipate needs across different occupations and generations, not just origin countries.

Business has a role in the refugee crisis. Former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon calls upon the business community to help mitigate some of the worst effects of growing anti-refugee policymaking in the US and beyond.

New York's MoMA has reopened and it's a whole new experience. After the 90-year old institution’s $450-million expansion, it’s now possible to get lost at the new “mega MoMA.” That’s a good thing.