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The largest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers said new competitors with 'substantial financial resources' and 'the ambition of self-sufficiency' were a business risk
The government will invest $9 billion to bolster the transition to solar energy via subsidies and cheaper loans for rooftop solar
Shares of WuXi Biologics and its affiliate WuXi AppTec plunged again on Wednesday after US lawmakers called for a probe on whether they should face sanctions
Chinese carmaker is doing a study on building a factory in Mexico, which would export cheap EVs to the US; other plants are also opening or planned in Thailand, Hungary and Brazil
A senior Golkar party official said they used the image of the dictator Suharto, who died 15 years ago, to ensure Indonesians vote in the national election on Wednesday
Writing to the finance ministry, deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said India's high production costs were pushing smartphone companies to shift production to Vietnam, Mexico and Thailand
Japanese shares soared to a 34-year peak on Tuesday, rising 2.9% while stock markets in China were all closed again for the Lunar New Year holiday.
The departures are among the most drastic changes Daihatsu has made so far after revealing last year it had rigged side-collision safety tests for 88,000 small cars
European MPs plan to sanction three Chinese companies, plus businesses in India, Hong Kong and other countries in a bid to curb the supply of parts used in weapons and drones in Russia's war on Ukraine
Index provider MSCI raised Indian stocks to an all-time high of 18.2% on Tuesday, which saw it narrow the gap with China, and could lead to inflows of about $1.2 billion
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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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