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Bargain-buying gave the region’s markets a lift though Hong Kong fell with Alibaba under pressure after reports major shareholder SoftBank may be planning to offload part of its stake
The new deal, which excludes aluminium and will take effect on April 1, requires Tokyo to help fight global excess steel manufacturing capacity
Ranks of cryptocurrency speculators have swelled, with even obscure tokens minting the newly wealthy: at least on the blockchain
Investment houses have been recommending S-Reits - local real estate investment trusts - which pay an average dividend yield of 6%
Shares of Chinese construction companies, cement makers and machinery suppliers soared on Monday after Beijing pledged to ramp up infrastructure investment to bolster the slowing economy
Policymakers could increase yuan's flexibility, expand capital outflows, or control capital inflows to rein in the currency, which could deviate from economic fundamentals in the short term
Asian trade was mixed but Shanghai led the gainers as investors returned from their week-long Lunar New Year break
BHP chief commercial officer Vandita Pant said the LNG vessels would lower emissions by about 30% per journey. "That reduces our emissions for our customers and suppliers."
Central bank expects a large amount of cash to come back into the banking system, while a relatively big amount of treasury bonds will mature this week, replenishing liquidity
Encouraged by a flurry of Southeast Asian tech start-ups seeking funding, Singapore may list up to a dozen SPACs in the next 18 months
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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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