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Moves by the People's Bank of China have stalled a long, frenzied rally and caused prices to drop and a fall in turnover
Tokyo’s benchmark has seen its best week in more than four years while Hong Kong stocks followed in Wall Street’s wake
37-year-old political novice will be Thailand's second female PM and the third Shinawatra to take the top job after her aunt Yingluck and father, the country's most influential and polarising politician
China’s decision to restrict exports of antimony from mid-September could push the metal's price to $30,000 a ton, traders say
Antimony is used as a hardener in lead for storage batteries, plus alloys with lead and tin to improve solders and bullets, and in semiconductor devices
The strong rise in consumption supports the case for another near-term interest rate hike
Fresh inflation data reassured investors the US Federal Reserve could finally start cutting rates next month
Clouds over the political outlook could hit policies like the 'digital wallet' and plans for legalized casinos, but the caretaker government claims the budget will not be delayed
Official data on Thursday showed industrial output grew 5.1% from a year earlier, slowing from June, but retail sales rose 2.7% in July
SoftBank blamed Intel for the failed tie-up, claiming the chipmaker was not able to meet its demands for volume and speed, the report said
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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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