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Millions of Japanese are sizing up how to adapt to higher borrowing costs after many years of deflation, when prices, wages and costs changed little
Wu Qing, the infamous 'Broker butcher' now heading China's securities regulator, has begun onsite inspections of mutual funds in a bid to clean up industry management
British insurance giant and asset manager has put off its plan to seek obtain a business licence and halved its staff in China, sources say
Xinjiang shipped goods worth $312 million to Europe with lithium-ion batteries among the region's key exports to the bloc
Truong My Lan stands accused of fraud worth $20 billion, and her trial is part of a "blazing furnace" anti-bribery campaign by the leader of the ruling Communist Party
There has been an unprecedented rise in sea water temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization's annual State of the Global Climate report
The US Fed signalled it was ready to reverse on rates in the coming months, lifting sentiment across the region
BOJ Governor defends move to normalise monetary policy, tells parliament that inflation is gaining momentum; said the central bank will eventually scale down its balance sheet
National regulator has moved to tighten lending to risky borrowers with new rules set to force mergers among half its 31 consumer lenders that lack new standard for required capital
“What we see right now is the unfolding of a slow-motion train accident,” the chief of a European trade lobby in China said
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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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