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Singapore continued its good start to the year while Hong Kong extended recent gains and there were advances in Shanghai, Taipei, Manila, Mumbai, Bangkok and Jakarta. Tokyo was closed.
A slide in bond prices has pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to 1.769%, its highest since early 2020
Amid restrictions in Tianjin port, the most traded iron ore futures on Dalian Commodity Exchange, for May delivery, dropped 2.2% to 698 yuan ($109.52) per tonne
The shares, which have been suspended since October 21, sank nearly 40% in Asia opening hours to HK$0.23, a historical low
US stocks were mixed on Friday as investors digested payroll data – employment up by a less-than-expected 199,000 jobs last month – and its impact on Federal Reserve policy
GameStop stock rallied on Friday after a report that the videogame retailer plans to expand its non-fungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace and partner with crypto firms.
Hong Kong stocks ended the week on a positive note as traders shrugged off worries about fresh Covid outbreaks and the prospect of higher US interest rates
Domestic media and some market participants have warned of the potential demerits of a weak yen, which pushes up import prices and households' cost of living
IPOs by Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VTAC) and Pegasus Asia mark the first SPAC listings in Asia since the frenzy for such blank-check firms began in the US in 2020
The Widodo administration has revoked 2,078 permits because the holders failed to provide work plans, misused the permits or transferred them to other parties
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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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