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The International Monetary Fund’s managing director said Beijing needed to address its property crisis to give consumers more confidence to spend
Taiwan chip giant says it's been lifted by huge demand for advanced chips for AI and data centres, forecasts a big lift in second-quarter sales
The region’s investors were in positive mood and bond markets were calmer as traders took a step back to assess the rate outlook
US tech giant plans to spend $8 billion over the next decade to grow Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, its cloud computing service, across Japan
Fading hopes of a US interest rate cut anytime soon have pushed the Japanese currency to 34-year lows
President eyes hiking tariffs amid a push for blue-collar votes on a visit to Pittsburgh, the 'Steel City', as China boosts steel and car exports
With Japanese firms now wary about investing in China, the US's economic resilience has proven too strong to ignore
IMF chief economist says China’s economy is strained by its property crisis and warns that domestic demand will stay weak until strong action is taken to remedy that
Japan’s impending earning season saw investors rushing to cash in while Hong Kong shares were unaffected by new market regulations
'Ernie Bot' is China’s most popular chatbot. Baidu earned several hundred million yuan using AI in the fourth quarter of last year
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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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