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Both Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures benchmarks settled below $100 per barrel for the first time since late February
New data showed there was an increase in the percentage of women who are independent directors on listed companies from 5% in 2020 to 6% last year
Hong Kong's main board has suffered its worst month since 2008 as rising coronavirus cases in China and war in Eastern Europe batter confidence
The move is part of SoftBank‘s strategy to exit from the boards of most of listed portfolio companies, as it expects it will have fewer regulatory issues to deal with
Toyota said on Tuesday it would make additional production cuts in March due to a shortage of computer chips, days after reducing its domestic production target for the April-June quarter
China stocks slumped to 21-month lows, while mainland firms listed in Hong Kong sank to levels not seen since 2008.
GoTo said it plans to sell up to 52 billion Series A shares and set a price range of 316 rupiah to 346 rupiah per share for the issue
Chinese state-owned firms are expected to buy more assets from cash-strapped private developers, analysts said, as Beijing steps up efforts to stabilise a crisis-hit sector
Reliance's investment in Lithium Werks, which makes lithium iron phosphate batteries that are mainly used in EVs, includes funding for future growth
With new tailwinds from a commodities rally, driven largely by the war in Ukraine, the red-hot market for battery-grade lithium carbonate shows no signs of easing
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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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