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Samsung insiders say his quiet manner disguises a steely determination that Lee will need if he is to grow Samsung amid mounting business headwinds amid a sharp downturn in global tech demand
Data Lake, a Manila-based firm part owned by Henry Sy Jr, said it signed a deal to be first SE Asian partner of SpaceX's Starlink. Currently few Filipinos have broadband internet service
A total of 70 million smartphones were shipped from China to sellers in the third quarter, down 11% from 78.9 million from same period last year, research firm Canalys said on Thursday
Marvell joins other US companies scaling back their R&D operations in China after Washington imposed tough sanctions on China's chip sector
Reports of Foxconn's Zhengzhou campus operating in a “production bubble” went viral on Chinese social media platforms
Korean tech groups SK Hynix and LG Display joined US tech giants in reporting big slowdowns in growth and warning things are going to get worse, fanning recession fears.
Central banks from Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the UAE issued CBDCs worth $12m on BIS’ mBridge platform to test cross-border transfers to and from commercial banks and foreign exchanges
The world's second-largest memory chipmaker, said its 2023 investment would be cut by more than half, and warned of uncertainty on its operations in Wuxi, China after US export curbs
Mirae Asset is creating a 300 billion won ($208 million) fund to support Musk's takeover of Twitter, the Korea Economic Daily said
Alphabet Inc’s Google was landed with second antitrust penalty this month, accused of abusing its market position
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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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PaymentsCan China Take Place of SWIFT System? Analysts Say ‘No’There is no global payment system that is strong enough to act as an alternative to SWIFT and enable Russia to evade sanctions
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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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Market InsightsHere’s How China Can Win the Tech War With USAThe Chinese government is doubling down on incentives for innovation, which it believes to be the cornerstone of its future growth and international position.
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Fintech InsightsAsia Becomes the Epicentre of Global NFTsAsia is the frontrunner in the NFTs craze with Central and Southeast Asia accounting for 35% of the $22 billion in global trade
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