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China Regulator Delivers Upbeat Message to Foreign Banks
China Regulator Delivers Upbeat Message to Foreign Banks

Fang Xinghai, the commission vice-chairman, hosted the virtual meeting with more than a dozen foreign financial institutions on Tuesday, the sources said

Farmers Angry Over Thailand’s African Swine Fever ‘Cover Up’
Farmers Angry Over Thailand’s African Swine Fever ‘Cover Up’

Officials identified the first case of African swine fever in Nakhon Pathom, after years of saying it was not in Thailand, unleashing a political firestorm

US SEC Approves Blockchain-Backed Stock Exchange
US SEC Approves Blockchain-Backed Stock Exchange

BSTX would initially trade securities, such as stocks or exchange-traded funds, but those securities would be tradable on rival bourses

India E-Scooter Maker Ather Energy to Ramp Up Output
Japan Activists Decry Funding of Bangladesh Coal Power Plant
Gold Glitters Again as Weddings, Inflation Boost Demand
Hong Kong Recovery Slows Amid Omicron Variant Battle
US Fed Rises Signal End in Sight for ‘Ultra-Cheap Money’
Hong Kong Regulator Fines Citi Unit $44m for ‘Dishonest Behaviour’
China Fund Managers Pile Into Plunging Healthcare Sector

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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