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The Asia-focused lender acquired the additional stake from its joint venture partner Qianhai Financial Holdings, which retains a 10% stake
An Alibaba affiliate sold more than $150 million of the tech giant's shares just days before Ant Group's US listing was cancelled, avoiding millions in losses.
Supplies of milk worldwide have tightened after a combination of dry weather in New Zealand, rains in Australia and war in Ukraine pushed up feed costs
The Caixin services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dived to 42.0 in March from 50.2 in February, dropping below the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction
The government will authorise a further 100 weekly flights to the US, Europe, Thailand and Singapore, where quarantine exemptions and visa-free entry are possible
The state-run utility, which produces over a quarter of India's power output, will import 16 million tonnes to blend with domestic coal during the year ending March 2023
Sequoia's local managing partners will remain in charge of the firm's other regional divisions with Neil Shen set to continue to lead business in China
The pace of contraction slowed compared with the previous month, however, signalling domestic demand was helped by easing pandemic curbs
Musk on Monday revealed a 9.2% stake in Twitter but filed as a passive shareholder, avoiding detailed financial disclosure
There has been a “loss” of about $1.23 billion across the web3 ecosystem in the first quarter of 2022, according to a report by Immunefi
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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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