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EU filed a complaint against Indonesia at WTO for the Southeast Asian country’s restriction on nickel ore export, but Indonesia remains unbothered
People are investing in the safe-haven asset amid rising inflation and market volatility due to factors such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and fears over the Omicron Covid-19 variant
The threat of another government export ban is deterring producers from immediately increasing shipments, likely keeping prices elevated for a while
The Chinese entities are facing major challenges after a local court told one of them to give up one of its mines
Risks of a rise in consumer prices and disruption to current-account balances have triggered strong foreign outflows from equities
Russia's economy faces its deepest crisis since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, as the West imposes severe sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
Sri Lankan central bank's moves include mandatory currency conversion for exporters of goods and services to change their foreign exchange earnings into Sri Lankan rupees
Amazon Web Services, Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure are starting to vie for clients that want to measure and reduce their emissions
India's push comes after the flop listing of SoftBank-backed Paytm's $2.5 billion IPO in November which sparked criticism of lax oversight
Foreign investors held 3.67 trillion yuan ($580 billion) of Chinese bonds at February end, a reduction of 67 billion yuan from January, data showed
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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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