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Shoring up the prospects of a private demand-led recovery, however, was a gauge of capital expenditure that posted its first monthly gain in three months
Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced but traders remain concerned about surging global prices, war in Europe and Covid in China
Hit hard by the pandemic, rising oil prices and populist tax cuts, Sri Lanka's dire economic situation has led to spiralling inflation and shortages of essential supplies
Stablecoins are meant to offer a reliable investment option, unlike unpegged cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or ether, which are very volatile
Overseas investors held Chinese bonds valued at 3.77 trillion yuan ($558.77 billion) at the end of April, according to calculations, down 2.8% from a month earlier
Liu He spoke at a meeting convened by the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the strongest sign yet that Beijing would ease off on the sector
The results fuelled fears of stagflation - a mix of weak growth and rising inflation - as the world's third-largest economy contracted at an annualised rate of 1.0%
Transport, banks and materials stocks had a higher share price correlation with the exchange rate, perhaps because they are more affected by general economic conditions
Project Ivovik will be the European country's biggest wind farm and largest-ever investment in renewable energy sources by a Chinese enterprise
The company has partnered with Hong Kong’s largest wireless mobile operator, CSL, to create 5G AR experiences through an app it created
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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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