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Investors across the region are banking on long-awaited interest rate cuts being in the pipeline thanks to dovish signals from the US
The ban follows the anti-graft agency uncovering cases of officials providing benefits to groups they invested in via private-equity funds, according to state media
Foreign firms are said to have pulled $160 billion out of the country over the past year and a half, with companies drawn to higher interest rates and more appealing investment destinations
The ban is aimed at promoting a "level playing field" for retail and institutional investors, South Korean financial authorities said
Some new local government debt quotas for 2024 have been issued in advance to reasonably ensure local financing needs, China's newly appointed finance chief said
The carmaker has said it is still looking for the right location and would make an announcement at the end of the year
China is changing its approach to AI amid a slowdown and debt crisis in its real estate sector — which has accounted for nearly a quarter of the country’s economic output
Beijing’s top anti-graft body said it was investigating Zhang Hongli, the former VP of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China – the world’s biggest bank by assets
Rare earths have emerged as particularly significant to the global clean energy transition as countries around the world race to meet their carbon emissions goals
Rumours on multi-platform social media channels also claimed about 20,000 football fields it owns would be taken back by Beijing, the iPhone supplier alleged
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