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Digital yuan likely means death for WeChat Pay, Alipay
Digital yuan likely means death for WeChat Pay, Alipay

(ATF) Alipay and WeChat Pay are currently the two mainstream digital payment systems in China. Used via mobile phones,...

Asian stocks at 7-month highs after Wall Street cracks records
Asian stocks at 7-month highs after Wall Street cracks records

Asian shares climbed to a seven-month peak on Wednesday tracking the S&P 500, which scaled all-time highs driven by ever expanding policy stimulus...

The inexorable rise of equities
The inexorable rise of equities

LONDON: The $72 trillion question for investors: To buy or not to buy into the global...

Greenback slumps
China sees US elections as Hobson’s choice
Huawei ban raises tensions, cools markets
China recovery at risk from high rates
China’s Ant Group plans consumer finance firm
Markets edgy on fresh US Huawei ban, Australia up on easing hopes
China to switch public sector vehicles to new energy

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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