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Samsung enjoyed a more than 15-fold rise in second-quarter operating profit, as chip prices rebounded thanks to the AI boom, but the group opposes unions and the strike may have little impact
Market participants and analysts believe the move paves the way for a new interest rate corridor, with the seven-day reverse repo rate serving as a central guide
Orban arrives for talks with Xi Jinping. He is believed to be negotiating a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine, as well as holding trade deals
US tariffs are set to be announced next month, but Treasury secretary says some of the 'dirty 15' trading nations are already curbing unfair practices and seeking to avoid reciprocal levies...
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BYD Mexico Plant in Limbo as ‘China Fears EV Tech Leaking to US’19 Mar 2025
The Xi Jinping administration fears a plant in the country would give Mexico unrestricted access to BYD’s advanced technology and EV know-how, insiders claim...
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Huawei Bribery Scandal: Five Charged After EU Parliament Raids19 Mar 2025
Members of the European Parliament 'may have been offered trips to China and cash to support the company' while it faced pushback in Europe, local media reports allege...
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BYD Shares Hit Record on Charging Tech Twice as Fast as Tesla18 Mar 2025
The Chinese electric vehicle giant has described its new fast charging platform as similar to filling up a fuel tank at the pump...
Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world...
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Momentick Unveils First Emissions Risk Management Service14 Jan 2025
The group, which describes its business as "emissions intelligence," has raised an extra $5 million to enter the insurance sector to focus on emissions risk management....
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Billion-Dollar Oil Fraud in Mongolia Hits Trafigura Profit13 Dec 2024
Trafigura attributed the majority of debts owed by its counterparty in the country, Lex Oil, but its own internal probe is ongoing to try to locate around $500 million....
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Ruble Plunges After US Sanctions GPB, Dozens of Russian Banks28 Nov 2024
The Russian central bank moved on Thursday to stop foreign buying of the ruble in the domestic market after the currency slipped to its lowest since March 2022...
China sends delegation to Panama to try to review and possibly reverse its exit from Belt and Road Scheme, while scrutinizing the US deal to buy CK Hutchison's ports...
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Nvidia’s Huang Expected to Reveal Details of New AI Chips18 Mar 2025
Nvidia chief expected to reveal details about the company's new flagship AI chips – designed for huge data centres that train AI systems...
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Chinese Mine Blamed For Zambian River Pollution Crisis – AP17 Mar 2025
Giant mine spill allowed about 50 million litres of acid-tainted waste to flow into Zambia's most important river, local engineers say; negligence in regard to environmental protection has created growing ill-feeling in the country...
Southeast Asian nations seen being caught in US dragnet, while tariff exemptions for carmakers have put the spotlight on Trump's use of exemptions, which critics liken to 'crony capitalism'...
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Trump’s Steel Tariff to Hit Chinese Supply Lines via Other Nations27 Feb 2025
Sales of $7 billion worth of Chinese steel, processed by third countries and sold to the US, are at risk because of a wave of tariffs imposed by the US and many other countries...
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Tesla Prepares For India Entry That Trump Says is ‘Unfair’20 Feb 2025
The Elon Musk-led carmaker is finally set to enter the Indian market, a move it has delayed for years citing the country's high tariffs on imported EVs...
TSMC proposed setting up a firm with design giants like Nvidia to run Intel's chip fabs, but the US firm's new CEO has told employees he wouldn't split the group up...
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South Korea Keen to Sell Submarines to Canada, Paper Says12 Mar 2025
Korea offers quick delivery of submarines, tanks, missile systems, jets and howitzers, as tensions rise between Canada and the US, amid concerns over US weapons – and its president...
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Trade War Ramps up as Trump’s Steel and Aluminium Tariffs Start12 Mar 2025
The EU hits back, saying it will impose counter-tariffs on $28 billion worth of US goods from next month; China and US allies in the Asia-Pacific also not happy...
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