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Asian investors recoiled on Friday as the spectre of another round of central bank tightening cast a shadow across trading floors
The penalty will pave the way for fintech giant to become a financial holding company and eventually allow it to revive its plan for a stock market listing.
Firms across the globe are scrambling to assess the impact on supply chains from restrictions China announced this week, with a focus on finding alternatives for key components
President Xi Jinping warned his Russian counterpart against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine during his visit to Moscow in March, a new report says
Abrupt end to zero-Covid and lack of confidence in the economy and the yuan spurs rush to buy Hong Kong insurance, with policies leaping a staggering 2,686% to $9.6 billion in the first quarter
Tech-sensitive Hong Kong was in retreat with investors worried about more interest rate rises while the overheating Nikkei continued to cool
On Tuesday, the EU voiced concerns over China's planned curbs on exports of some gallium and germanium products and expressed doubts that the move was related to national security
The best first-half gains in a decade, corporate reforms and Japan's ultra-easy monetary policy supporting the economic recovery have led to a change in mindset, analysts say
China’s services growth slowed last month, dampening the mood on trading floors, while the escalating chip war also weighed
Former vice commerce minister says China's countermeasures will escalate if tougher tech restrictions are imposed. Analysts say they could extend to rare earth elements.
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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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