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Bonds were under pressure and indexes suffered as investors shunned risk with the conflict in Israel and Gaza weighing heavily on sentiment
Analysts say the US move last week to expand its export controls may allow the Chinese tech giant to fill the void created by the ban on Nvidia's popular artificial intelligence chips
Officials have inspected Foxconn sites in four provinces, while state media says founder Terry Gou has 'responsibilities' and should be pushing for peace with Beijing as he runs for president in Taiwan
PBOC governor Pan Gongsheng said he will focus on bolstering domestic demand and neutralizing financial risks
The two countries have agreed to settle a WTO dispute over wine tariffs, plus a row over Australian duties on Chinese wind towers
Three staff from media agency GroupM have been held by authorities in Shanghai, according to sources; one said the investigation related to rebate management
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim made the suggestion at a the first-ever summit of the two regional blocs in Saudi Arabia on Friday
Foreigners sold regional bonds worth $3.7 billion from Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, and Thai markets, their biggest sell-off since June 2022
Both gallium and germanium are key to chipmaking, and Chinese exporters of the metals now need to obtain an export licence for dual-use items and technologies
China is the world's top graphite exporter and refines more than 90% of the world's graphite into the material used in virtually all EV batteries
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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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