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Didi app store ban deals a heavy blow to China’s Uber
Didi app store ban deals a heavy blow to China’s Uber

China’s crackdown on the nation’s Internet giants gathered pace over the weekend with ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing the latest company...

Debt-payment fears spark Sri Lanka exchange controls extension
Debt-payment fears spark Sri Lanka exchange controls extension

Colombo forced to act with its currency reserves drastically low, bonds under fire and even talk of a default mentioned

How Covid is shaping financial management in Hong Kong
How Covid is shaping financial management in Hong Kong

The coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty for citizens and businesses, and recent research in Hong Kong and Singapore shows it...

Jobs data, Fed fears and Covid spikes continue to distract Asia’s markets
UK chancellor Sunak calls for closer financial ties with China
Asia’s markets subdued as Covid casts a cloud over recovery hopes
Didi pulls off biggest Chinese US IPO since Alibaba, outperforms Uber launch
ChemChina’s $10bn Syngenta IPO set to be 2021’s biggest flotation
Asia’s markets trail in the wake of another Wall St record-breaker
Grocery app Dingdong rings the changes on US IPO target after Missfresh misstep

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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