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Tech giant agreed to buy up to 3.9 million carbon offset credits from BTG Pactual's forestry arm through till 2038 in a deal likely valued about $16m
Survey confirms young adults worry about the addictive nature of social media. Meanwhile, the US and other are moving to make online platforms more safe and healthy for kids
The US Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point rate cut pushed the yen down and opened the door to more stimulus efforts by Beijing
India's nominal gross domestic product growth rate is running at more than three times the economic growth of China
The tie-up will mobilise up to $100 billion in total investment potential, including debt financing, the firms said
Shares of Chinese chips firms were on a high on reports the country had developed chipmaking machines of its own, but experts doubt they are much of a 'breakthrough'
Vietnam has been warned that using a firm like HMN Technologies to build subsea cables could deter US companies from investing in the country, sources say
Beijing has imposed a legal 'freeze' on the nine companies' properties on the mainland in a bid to pressure the United States to halt arms sales to the island
Taiwan company says pagers were made in Budapest, while analysts say small explosive was likely planted in devices used by Hezbollah and that the attack may spur fears about handsets
Investors were playing the waiting game on Wednesday with the odds shortening on a sizeable US interest rate cut later in the day
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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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