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Shenzhen's 'unusual' support for handset maker may stem from the firm being a big revenue stream at a time when property revenue has slumped dramatically
Shares of the New Energy Vehicle arm have dropped nearly 40% so far this year despite numerous efforts to salvage its fortunes
Regulators at the Ministry of Finance have offered verbal advice to big state-owned financial institutions to ditch the 'Big Four' auditor since at least April, sources say
The Nikkei in Japan suffers its biggest ever one-day loss, plummeting by a whopping 13%, while Taiwanese and Korean shares both sank by more than 8%.
From 2026 onwards, China will set its focus on controlling emission intensity across provinces and industries
The impacts of China's downturn – caused by a protracted property slump, huge local government debt, job insecurity, geopolitical tensions and other issues – are being widely felt across borders
There is speculation the US carmaker will seek to sell insurance policies in China, after it registered an insurance brokerage in Beijing on Tuesday
Japan’s benchmark index endured a bruising day, seeing its biggest daily percentage fall in more than four years
China's household spending is less than 40% of GDP, 20 points below the global average; to revive consumption to its pre-pandemic level would require $400 billion to $1 trillion in spending
Southeast Asia attracted more foreign investment than China in 2023 for the first time in a decade as investors sought to create 'China+1' supply chains and benefits under the RCEP trade deal
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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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