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Fiscal spending in April was up 6.1%, compared with a 2.9% fall in March, according to calculations based on Finance ministry data
Beijing’s policy splurge to help its struggling property sector improved the mood on trading floors while cooling US inflation also encouraged risk-taking
China's bans three companies linked to arms sold to Taiwan, a day after its Commerce ministry announces an anti-dumping probe into 'thermoplastics' imported from the US, Europe and Japan
China’s property sector and weak consumer demand continue to drag on its economy, despite a bounce-back in industrial output
Shanghai has compiled a list of data that it seems "ordinary” for three sectors - intelligent and connected vehicles, mutual funds and biomedicine
In a shift by Tesla chief Elon Musk, data from China could be processed in the country to develop its full-self-driving system, sources said
Investor optimism over a U-turn on interest rates proved short-lived while more poor China data fuelled hopes of new stimulus from Beijing
A joint statement issued by the two leaders said a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis was the "right direction" and that both countries were opposed to a drawn-out conflict
US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Chinese connected cars could collect 'a lot of data around US persons that goes right back to Beijing'
Biden administration scraps a tariff exemption on solar panels and makes it easier for solar projects to get a subsidy for using locally made products - to protect manufacturers in the US
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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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