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Outgoing president to impose new rules on AI chips to prevent US companies like Nvidia supporting technological development in China and other 'adversaries.'
Official data on Thursday showed factory-gate prices falling for a second straight year in 2024, while consumer prices only rose marginally
Brazilian authorities probing BYD’s labour practices in the country say the carmaker brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build the factory
Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis
Meta imposes changes for the US market, but will continue its fact-checking programme in places like the European Union that take a more active approach to regulation of tech companies
Some analysts think Musk's close ties with incoming President Donald Trump might allow Tesla some kind of waiver from potential future restrictions on the Chinese battery giant
This is the second time BYD has overtaken Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles in a quarter
The incoming US president described his Chinese counterpart as a strong and powerful man, adding that they were both already communicating through aides
Shandong Port Group has blacklisted vessels sanctioned by the US, blocking access to key ports as the US looks to enlarge its list of 'shadow fleet' tankers shipping Russian oil
Foreign investors bought $26.6 billion worth of Asian equities in 2023, but last year they sold nearly $16 billion worth of equities in Taiwan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines
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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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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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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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