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Big Tech anxieties, China’s wayward economy, Donald’s Trump’s possible return and currency shifts all weighed on sentiment
LG Energy Solution said they were discussing possible tie-ups with three Chinese suppliers, with battery plants in either Morocco, Finland or Indonesia
One leading asset management firm has projected that ether ETFs could attract monthly inflows of $1 billion
Trump’s vow to end the Biden government's 'EV mandate' raises risks for Korean and Japanese car and battery makers who have ploughed billions of dollars into investments in the US
China has computers that are faster than US machines rated as the best in the world, but refuse to talk about them as they fear more sanctions, a US expert has said
Demand concerns for the world’s No2 economy cast a shadow across the region’s trading floors, trumping a U-turn in technology shares
US Treasury Secretary said in May that India and China were hindering a global deal on an alternative transfer-pricing mechanism in the Pillar 1 agreement; G20 finance minister talks are now continuing in Rio
The amount raised so far this year from China is up 1,588% on the same period in 2023, the LSEG data showed; Japan's deal value has increased by 486%.
The tightening of regulations on China's 5.2 trillion yuan ($715 billion) hedge fund sector comes as President Xi Jinping seeks to foster a leaner and cleaner financial industry
The chipmaker — now the world’s most valuable company — is planning to develop processors from its new 'Blackwell' chip series and sell them in China
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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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