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Ma Alibaba Stock Sale, Cloud Unit Listing Axe a ‘Coincidence’
Ma Alibaba Stock Sale, Cloud Unit Listing Axe a ‘Coincidence’

Just hours before the firm pulled its cloud unit’s listing, it had emerged Ma's family trust intended to sell 10 million American depository shares

Xinjiang Rules: $640m of SE Asian Exports Held up at US Ports
Xinjiang Rules: $640m of SE Asian Exports Held up at US Ports

Malaysia and Vietnam have had cargoes worth about $320 million each denied or held for checks since the new rules came into force in mid-2020, nearly three times more than exports from China

Nikkei Boosted by Weak Yen, Hang Seng Flat on Stimulus Wait
Nikkei Boosted by Weak Yen, Hang Seng Flat on Stimulus Wait

Investors across the region were happy to sit on the sidelines ahead of national holidays in the US and Japan

Sam Altman Back at OpenAI as CEO After Days of Drama
Big Tech ‘Doing Little’ to Counter Rampant Scams on Social Media
Binance Resignation, $50m Fine Seen as ‘Good Outcome’ For CZ
China State Banks’ Yuan-Buying Push ‘Hints at Rate Cuts’
OpenAI Investors Weigh Legal Options Amid Fears Of Collapse
China-Saudi Sign $7bn Currency Swap Deal in Fresh Hit to Dollar
Stellantis and CATL to Build EV Battery Factory in Europe

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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