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Markets cheer as China reopens but demand recovery uncertain
Markets cheer as China reopens but demand recovery uncertain

Hong Kong: Investors sentiment was turbo-charged by positive signs at a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus treatment drug...

Jobless China workers await relief
Jobless China workers await relief

Life is never easy for China’s nearly 300 million migrant workers, but with the coronavirus zapping jobs at a historic...

Pandemic ends a decade of economic growth by the US
Pandemic ends a decade of economic growth by the US

The coronavirus pandemic ended a decade of US economic expansion, but the Federal Reserve pledged on Wednesday to use every...

Fed support, coronavirus cure hopes fuel rallyb
Yancheng High-tech Zone Investment Group gets green light
Investors stay upbeat ahead of Fed as oil rallies
Gemdale saga raises questions over billions in yuan bonds
Alphabet (GOOG) revenue lifts all boats, dollar fades
Citic Securities’ total operating income in Q1 grows 22.1% year on year
Bank of Communications’ total assets exceeds 10 trln yuan

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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