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Chinese indexes saw an unspectacular day ahead of the week-long Lunar New Year break while Japan stocks were boosted by its central bank’s latest decision
The Japanese yen fell on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan voted to keep its ultra-low interest rates and bond yield cap
A top Dutch official said the US had 'justified worries' about over-reliance on Asia but the country 'won't sign on the dotted line' without consulting its allies
Gloomy growth figures out of China brought down the mood on the region’s trading floors though a cooling yen boosted sentiment in Japan
Traders were betting on China bouncing back from its Covid nightmare this year but a soaring yen is ramping up the pressure in Japan
Forex traders were ramping up bets on Monday that the Bank of Japan would further adjust its yield control policy, or even abandon it completely, while the dollar continued to fall
Schroders has been given the nod as Beijing speeds up approvals to foreign investors in an attempt to breathe life back into its ailing economy
Investor mood was lifted by positive inflation news from the US, hinting at a slowdown in interest rate hikes, but a surging yen dragged on the Nikkei
India sold crude products worth $588 million to the US in November after snapping up sanctioned Russian oil at deep discounts
The US sees the participation of other top producers of chipmaking equipment as essential to making its sweeping chip export controls against China effective
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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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