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The iPhone makers cornered a 70% share of the market's super-premium price band - phones priced above 45,000 rupees ($605)
Asia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade last year.
The app has been downloaded over 2.5m times this year but it can only be used in 10 cities currently, and people still like using Alipay and WeChat Pay for retail purchases
Singapore is popular for crypto companies due to its clear regulatory environment but authorities have also tried to shield the public from trading in digital tokens, saying it is very risky
Attacks targeted investment firms and centralised exchanges, and made use of phishing lures, code exploits, malware and social engineering
The deal includes retail banking and credit card businesses, but excludes the bank’s institutional businesses in all four countries
The crowd-sourced website, Tabelog, is operated by Tokyo-based Kakaku, and initially refused to disclose its algorithm
Ten weeks of cryptocurrency carnage followed by a sharp rebound since January 22 has left investors’ heads in a spin. Should they buy or should they sell?
A pandemic-induced global chip shortage has forced automakers and electronics manufacturers to cut production but has kept order books full at TSMC
The Chicago-based FairX lists futures contracts that track markets, including stock indices and oil. Its contracts are cleared by Nodal Clear, which is controlled by Deutsche Börse
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