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Binance has earlier faced challenges in Singapore, where several crypto exchanges have received central bank approval to offer payment services
Many investors were reluctant to take risks on Thursday as the likelihood of an extended inflation fight in the US dampened the mood on trading floors
Some economists say ambitious annual growth targets in China are counter-productive and have contributed significantly to the country's overall debt of almost 300% of economic output
The Central Financial Work Commission, which would be directly under central party leadership, would take on a direction-setting role for the economy
The development comes as the embattled conglomerate seeks to ease investor concerns about its credit profile; Adani Enterprise shares have surged 30% over the past two days
Raising the share of clean energy to 90% would cut Japan’s electricity costs by 6% and cut power sector emissions by 92% from 2020 levels, the study found
A US official also told a Congressional hearing that some tech shipments to China’s blacklisted telecom equipment maker Huawei were “under assessment”
The region's stock indexes sparked back into life on Wednesday posting their best returns in seven weeks after data showed China's manufacturing sector rallied strongly in February
The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) shot from 50.1 in January to 52.6 in February, the highest reading since April 2012, according to National Bureau of Statistics data
The facility, situated in the embattled Xinjiang region, will process three million tons of precious metals annually
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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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