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Hong Kong closed at its lowest levels since mid-2016 but Chinese equity markets were boosted by reports of positive audit talks with US regulators
Response to Ukraine invasion poses ESG problems for foreign investors in country’s social media companies
The statement follows the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) identification of five Chinese stocks that will be delisted if they do not provide access to audit documents
China will make full use of coal as a vital part of its energy strategy, leaders and officials said during the nation's annual gathering of its rubber-stamp parliament this week
Samarco, a joint venture between Brazil's Vale and Australia's BHP Group, changed its restructuring plan to offer a new alternative to pay creditors
HKEX said it had received "strong market support" for the launch of futures and options trading and clearing services on Hong Kong public holidays
The call came after a $20 billion promise from Riyadh in 2019 has largely stalled as Islamabad negotiates an International Monetary Fund package
Better operating conditions for the Hong Kong-based insurer, which relies on its army of agents, prompted it to announce the buyback plan spread over the next three years
The reduction is part of an effort to alleviate the burden on suppliers forced to adapt to repeated output plan changes due to acute shortages of semiconductors and other supplies
Exports rose 14.9% year-on-year to $18.74 billion, boosted by a 28.5% jump in sales of semiconductors and a 98.8% surge in petroleum products
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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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