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Nikkei share index rose by 2% to an all-time peak on Thursday, thanks to cheap valuations and corporate reforms that have lured foreign money looking for alternatives to China's battered markets
Local governments in Shanghai and Anhui will fund a variety of semiconductor-related projects this year — ranging from the development of DRAM chips to building facilities for chipmaking and its tools
Revelations about the amount of power and water needed for computers that power artificial intelligence have led to concern about AI's environmental impacts
US indictment seeks the arrest of two Russian cyber criminals after Britain's National Crime Agency infiltrated the gang's systems, stole their data, and took down Lockbit's site on the dark web
Looming results from chip giant Nvidia preoccupied traders across the region while China’s markets rode a policy boost wave
The first chunk of funds earmarked for housing projects endorsed by city officials has been issued, as debate rages over plans for far greater state involvement in the sector
The globe’s biggest crypto coin has soared 22% in value this year after the US approved exchange-traded funds in the currency
Researchers say Chinese propaganda "has increasingly sought to stoke existing US divisions in the same way Russia has"
China’s markets were slow to react to its biggest ever mortgage rate cut while Tokyo’s record run stalls
National regulators say they "want to build is a socialist financial powerhouse", but warn that businesspeople must avoid graft and "excessive" risks
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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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