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Japan's Nikkei reached a two-week high but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dipped on a thin day of trading ahead of key employment figures from the US
The territory's Mandatory Provision Fund lost $32.98 billion, equating to $7,197.63 per person, the South China Morning Post reported
Shares of the lithium battery maker slipped slightly after it listed on the Hong Kong Exchange on Thursday, but the company raised $1.28 billion from its IPO.
Exports are predicted to rise by 8% this year as the baht hovers near 16-year lows against the dollar, but it still has some supply chains problems, the finance minister said on Wednesday
The issuance of bonds in local Asian currencies has shot up to the largest in more than a decade as governments and borrowers avoid expensive US dollar debt
Global recession fears and high inflation pose big risks to the economy, Premier Fumio Kishida told parliament on Wednesday, but there are hopes tourism will lift the economy
Hong Kong saw its best day in almost seven weeks, led by its tech stocks, but eyes will now be on US jobs data
US auditors continue to inspect the books of top Chinese companies listed in the US. PwC chairman Bob Moritz said: "We will continue to share the information that is allowable."
Weaker US manufacturing figures raised expectations among Asian investors of a softer rate stance by the Federal Reserve
Asian stock markets faced total outflows of $69.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, well in excess of the $47.6 billion in outflows in 2008, when the global financial crisis occurred
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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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