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China's central bank says local banks should reduce rates on existing mortgages by no less than 30 basis points below the Loan Prime Rate.
Analysts say making household demand a driver of development, instead of investing in industry and infrastructure, is a long path paved with tough choices
At stake for OpenAI is fundraising worth $6.5 billion that could give the company a valuation of $150 billion
A self-proclaimed lone wolf, Ishiba has long been popular with the public. He is a supporter of the idea of an Asian NATO.
Shanghai and Shenzhen are expected to abolish all purchase restrictions in coming weeks to revive demand. Beijing is also said to be reconsidering its home-buying curbs
China’s continuing rollout of policy support measures kept market optimism high across the region
Industrial profits fell by 17.8% in August from a year earlier following a 4.1% increase in July, data released on Friday showed
Power demands of the likes of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia is complicating investors' love affair with tech stocks
Sources said bond proceeds will go to subsidizing cheap purchases of consumer goods, plus families with 2 or more kids, and local governments
Speculation that Beijing is ready to ramp up its economic support even more saw a burst of risk-taking across the region
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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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