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China Set to Tighten Hold on Crackdown-Hit Finance Sector
China Set to Tighten Hold on Crackdown-Hit Finance Sector

At a twice-a-decade financial policy meeting this week, Beijing vowed to uphold the centralised and unified leadership of the CCP on China's financial work

Hang Seng Flat Ahead of Fed Meet, Nikkei Surges on BoJ Tweak
Hang Seng Flat Ahead of Fed Meet, Nikkei Surges on BoJ Tweak

Asia’s investors were keeping their powder dry ahead of the Fed’s latest rates announcement while the yen was under pressure again

Evergrande ‘Offering Offshore Creditors 30% Stake in Two Units’
Evergrande ‘Offering Offshore Creditors 30% Stake in Two Units’

The move, proposed in a new debt-restructuring plan for offshore bondholders with about $19 billion of debt, would involve shares in its property services and new-energy-vehicle units, sources say

Japan’s Nikkei Jumps, While Yen Stabilizes After Official Warning
China Hit by Months of Plunging Foreign Investment – FT
Nvidia May See $5 Billion Hit From Early China Chip Curbs – WSJ
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

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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