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The move will allow the chipmakers, which include Samsung, SK Hynix and TSMC, to continue to import US chipmaking tools to China for use in their existing fabs in the country
India threatened to shut down the social media site during the huge farmers' protest, Dorsey said, but a Modi government minister said that never happened
Tokyo’s benchmark closed above the key psychological 33,000 level for the first time since July 1990 thanks to tech sector optimism
China's property sector has over the past two years been thrust into a severe debt crisis with many developers defaulting on payments
Cooperation between Riyadh and Beijing has deepened in security and sensitive tech amid a warming of political ties
Investors across the region shied away from risk with central banks meeting this week and key economic figures from China and the US due out too
Dozens of fossil fuel companies have set net-zero emissions targets, but these moves are regarded as "largely meaningless" because most fail to address key concerns
New president says moves to boost the bank's lending capacity could free up "tens of billions" of dollars, but not the trillions needed for energy transition to counter climate change, so private money is essential
Ola's founder Bhavish Aggarwal plans to travel to Singapore, the US and UK over next two weeks to meet investors such as BlackRock, Singapore wealth fund GIC, and T Rowe Price, sources say
The US banned imports from Ninestar, a large Chinese maker of printers, and Xinjang Zhongtai Chemical, saying their products involve use of Uyghur forced labour
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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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