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As central banks tighten monetary policies, the credit impulse is likely to turn negative, slowing global economic growth.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has built a 9.2% holding in Twitter, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, sending the micro-blogging site's shares soaring
The Ukraine war is stirring tensions in the Middle East, where two old US allies are questioning their ties because Joe Biden wants to resurrect a nuclear deal with Iran
A possible breakthrough on the auditing stand-off between China and US boosted Baidu and Weibo, while Japan's Nikkei inched higher on gains in Wall Street
Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics said on Monday its potential Covid-19 vaccine using mRNA technology has been approved by the medical products regulator to enter clinical trials
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for a unity government on Monday to deal with the economic crisis, as ministers and the central bank chief offer to resign and stock trading is halted
Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar—key members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries—have remained hesitant to increase oil and gas exports
Tokyo Stock Exchange's first revamp in 61 years seeks to draw overseas investors
Chinese exports to Russia have been buffeted as the rouble swings in value, clear evidence of the effect Western sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine are having in China
China stocks were on the up on Friday as weak factory data fanned hopes of government intervention, but the war in Eastern Europe continued to weigh
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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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