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China on Wednesday denounced Taiwan's efforts to prevent Chinese companies from poaching talent and stealing chip secrets as a provocative "smear"
The timing of the relaxation was unexpected, but companies bent over backwards after facing heavy criticism from authorities for being non-compliant, analysts said
The data added to concerns that Japanese firms are holding off on investments amid a profit squeeze from rising energy and raw materials costs
The acquisition interest sent EML shares soaring as much as 14.3%, setting them up for the best session in more than four months
The plant in Zwijndrecht, which closed due to tightened environmental regulations, accounts for 80% of global total semiconductor coolant output
Taiwan's Pegatron, which assembles iPhones for Apple, has suspended operations at its Shanghai and Kunshan plants in China due to moves to control the spread of Covid-19, it said on Tuesday
Daily Journal Corp, the company where Warren Buffett's business partner Charlie Munger helps oversee investments, said on Monday it halved its stake in China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group
On the 'dark Web', things are taken further by pro-Russia and pro-Ukrainian actors alike, with both sides leaking sensitive data and moving to disrupt various services
China ends gaming approval freeze by granting publishing approvals for 45 games in boost for tech giants like Baidu and NetEase
Crypto exchange has suspended support for payments via India's UPI on its app, the country's most popular online transaction facility, days after launching its trading service there
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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