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Shenzhen Metro first through the online bond tunnel
Shenzhen Metro first through the online bond tunnel

(ATF) Shenzhen Metro Group has become the first company to go through China’s ‘streamlined’ bureaucratic processing – being...

Congress backs $484 billion economic stimulus bill
Congress backs $484 billion economic stimulus bill

The House of Representatives passed a new $484 billion economic stimulus bill on Thursday as US job losses due to the coronavirus soared and businesses clamoured...

Bank of England warns of worst recession in centuries
Bank of England warns of worst recession in centuries

Britain’s economy has been ravaged by the deadly coronavirus, which now threatens potentially the worst recession in several centuries, the Bank of England warned on Thursday.

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Crude up again on Iran-US tension
Asianrally stalls as investors survey economic damage
Agricultural Bank to issue tier-2 capital bonds
Investors look past glum EU data
Everything’s up or down as bears and bulls battle to standstill
Chinese regulators clamp down on EFTs
Losses for Chinese investors in oil price futures

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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