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A split on figures for China’s manufacturing output and the long nervous wait for a turnaround on interest rates weighed on investors
Factory activity slipped in South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam in December, while data for China was mixed
Criticism comes after the Netherlands restricts export licence for top chip-machine maker, to prevent them being exported to Chinese firms
FTX's Bankman-Fried had faced six more charges that had been omitted from his first trial, including conspiracy to commit bribery
Japan's biggest sea freight companies, Mitsui OSK Lines and Nippon Yusen, and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd are worried about threat of attacks in Red Sea
The milestone comes just three months after the chatbot was opened to the public following months of trials and scrutiny from Beijing
The Chinese tech giant plans to focus on its device business over the coming year, while increasing the efficiency of its overall operations to counter geopolitical uncertainty
Beijing court rules that Alibaba's e-commerce practice known as 'choosing one from two' was an monopolistic abuse that caused JD.com severe damage, its rival said on Friday
US agencies suspect China is using artificial intelligence sift through an "enormous trove" of hacked personal data on American officials and other citizens to target specific individuals
Japan’s benchmark index was 28% ahead for the year while China’s markets were the world’s worst major performers
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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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