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Japan’s Nikkei Jumps, While Yen Stabilizes After Official Warning
Japan’s Nikkei Jumps, While Yen Stabilizes After Official Warning

Share average sees biggest rise in three weeks, while the currency – which dropped 1.7% on Tuesday – paused in forex trading after a warning of intervention from a senior official

China Hit by Months of Plunging Foreign Investment – FT
China Hit by Months of Plunging Foreign Investment – FT

Geopolitical tensions, plus western calls to "de-risk" supply chains and higher interest rates in the US have driven a decline in FDI, which is at a two-decade low, the report said

Nvidia May See $5 Billion Hit From Early China Chip Curbs – WSJ
Nvidia May See $5 Billion Hit From Early China Chip Curbs – WSJ

Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba, ByteDance and Baidu, had placed orders worth billions for 2024 and Nvidia had planned to deliver some of them by mid-November

Canada Bans China’s WeChat on State Devices Over Privacy Risks
China Data Drags on Hang Seng, Nikkei Gains on BoJ Boost
Top Memory Chipmaker Gets $2 Billion From China’s ‘Big Fund’
Factory Activity in China Falls in October, Undermining Recovery
HSBC Says Worst Over For China Property Despite $500m Hit
China’s BYD Posts Highest Ever Quarterly Profit With 82% Jump
Biden to Order ‘Wide Action’ to Limit Risks of Rogue AI Use

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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