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Asian Markets Battle Back As Eyes Turn To US Jobs Data
Asian Markets Battle Back As Eyes Turn To US Jobs Data

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

Japan Stresses Need for Currency Stability as Yen Falters
Japan Stresses Need for Currency Stability as Yen Falters

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

Two Singapore SPACs to List Under Relaxed Framework
Two Singapore SPACs to List Under Relaxed Framework

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

Indonesia Revokes Thousands of Mining and Forestry Permits
Asian Stocks Suffer As Fed Signals Rate Hikes Plan
Reliance Raises $4bn in India’s Biggest Dollar Bond Issuance
DBS Hong Kong, Haier Sign ESG-Linked Loan Facility
Crédit Agricole CIB Wins Full Australian Bank Licence
Bad Weather Boosts US Soybean Farmers’ China Hopes
Mitsubishi Unit Scours Globe Using Big Data – Nikkei

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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