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The back-end segment of the chip industry, involving testing, assembly and packaging, is booming in Vietnam as companies shift away from China
Billionaire who founded battery giant CATL has plans to develop 'zero carbon' power grids, a business that could be far bigger than his EV battery operations
CATL founder Robin Zeng confirms battery licensing deals with Tesla and Ford, but US lawmakers may not allow a Chinese battery plant in the US given tense trade ties
The world's biggest cryptocurrency soared to $89,982 on Tuesday amid hope for a crypto-friendly Trump Administration in the US next year.
On Monday, delegates gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan gave a green-light to carbon credit quality standards — guardrails for how international carbon crediting projects will work
New fee announced at COP29 aims to deter methane emissions, but incoming president Donald Trump – a climate sceptic – is expected to scrap it
Court said worker printed about 4,000 pages of technical documents on chipmaking 'solutions' just before she quit to work for Huawei. She was jailed for 18 months and fined.
Alibaba said sales of dozens of brands topped a billion yuan, while JD.com said sales were up 20% on 2023, helped by a state subsidy scheme for new appliances launched in July
The COP29 summit’s ability to reach consensus on urgent climate action also remains in shrouded in doubt, given several prominent world leaders are planning to skip the event
Local governments are extorting money from entrepreneurs in wealthy cities via China's “disciplinary commissions,” Human Rights Watch says
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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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