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The region’s investors saw out the quarter in an upbeat mood with an air of calm returning after last week’s banking crisis threat
The move to join the CPTPP will deepen Britain's ties with Japan and several of the rising economies in Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.
The Bank of Communications, Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China all posted positive results
"Achieving carbon neutrality requires 'carrots and sticks'," People's Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said
"Do we really want to emulate Chinese speech bans?" US Republican Senator Rand Paul said responding to calls for unanimous consent for a TikTok ban bill
China's new premier, who took office this month, said Beijing opposed trade protectionism and decoupling, in veiled comments aimed at the United States
China's long-term battle to reduce the dollar's dominance in world trade took two steps forward this week, with the first LNG trade in yuan, plus Brazil agreeing to trade via local currencies
Tech stocks held on to their gains on Thursday, propping up indexes across the region, following Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s break-up plan
China and Brazil have struck a deal to trade in their own currencies instead of the US dollar, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, in another hit to US economic influence
Analysts fear the gains are distorting markets, starving other sectors of cash, as desperate investors hope to get in on the next ChatGPT
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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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