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Major state banks have chopped dollar deposit rates for the second time in a month to prevent a prolonged slide in the yuan, which could discourage foreign investment and spur an outflow of funds
Beijing has ramped up trade rivalry with the US by announcing controls on gallium and germanium - two minor metals widely used in chips, EVs and high-tech products - and it could get worse
Sources claim two of India's three private refiners have settled some recent Russian oil import deals in Chinese yuan
Experts say latest data coming in from China pointed to the world’s biggest EV market recovering from a slump and getting “back on the fast-track"
The move comes as Japan works to revitalise its chip industry, and the European Union looks to reduce its dependence on China-dominated supply chains
The promise of significant intervention by Beijing to prop up its struggling economy buoyed investors while a surprise drop in US inflation boosted sentiment too
Yellen is expected to discuss cooperation on climate change and global debt distress, plus concerns about China's anti-espionage law in talks with senior finance officials in Beijing this week
Nikkei says an investigation has found that customs records confirm that Russia has been buying drones from Chinese companies specifically for use in its war in Ukraine
The US warns that China's anti-espionage law provides extra grounds to access and control data held by foreign firms in China and could criminalise normal business activity
A former NSW Premier was in a secret relationship with an MP accused of corrupt conduct over a visa scheme for Chinese nationals
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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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