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A soft yen was long seen as a boon to Japan's economy, but the country may need to rethink a fundamental assumption of its economic approach
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is set to fly to India this week, sources said, amid talk that Moscow wants to boost trade and payment systems because of sanctions over Ukraine
Japan and the US agreed to keep in close contact on currency issues, Japan's top currency diplomat said on Tuesday after the yen's decline to six-year lows against the dollar
Asia’s major stock markets advanced on Tuesday but gains were tempered by concerns over the impact of Covid lockdowns in China’s financial hub
Over 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China's financial hub ticking through its Covid lockdown
Saudi and the UAE want the US to make policy concessions before they boost output to reduce global oil prices, analyst Greg Priddy says
Asia Financial's China Electric Vehicles Index, which tracks 14 leading electric car makers, slumped 13% in March and is down 26% so far this year.
A stock split by Tesla would be its second since 2020, and would follow stock split announcements by other major US firms in recent years
China-US tensions, the war in Ukraine, plus the tightened regulatory environment and inflation concerns have weighed heavily on markets, HKEX CEO Nicolas Aguzin said
What investors cannot price is the risk of sanctions on China’s biggest companies, SCMP reported
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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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