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The America COMPETES Act aims to increase US competitiveness with China and boost US semiconductor manufacturing. Now comes the difficult task of reconciling with the Senate version.
The market is booming, the most popular pieces can sell for millions, but outsiders may wonder why anyone would pay anything at all
Gulf Energy chief financial officer Yupapin Wangviwat says the joint venture may take about six months to obtain a licence for trading
The billionaire is alleging the social media giant used his likeness in ads that breached anti-money-laundering laws and scammed Australians
Major assets that went public over the last year and are now trading below their listing price include Didi Global, Coupang and Auto1 Group
President Tsai Ing-wen is eyeing a new international relations strategy, which will require a focus on areas such as technology and investment
According to Statistics Korea, online purchases totalled 192.9 trillion won ($160 billion) in 2021, up 21% from the year before
Officials said that even investments in equity and debt instruments on stock exchanges which create value for the economy involve a levy
Wormhole, a DeFi platform that said $320 million in ether tokens had been stolen by hackers, put out a notice late on Thursday to say all tokens and funds were 'safe'
The German group, whose biggest customers are carmakers, also raised its revenue guidance for the current fiscal year to 13 billion euros
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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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