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Asia Stocks See Best Week of 2023, Dollar Sinks as Inflation Eases
Asia Stocks See Best Week of 2023, Dollar Sinks as Inflation Eases

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rallied 0.86% on Friday for its biggest weekly gain in eight months

Hang Seng and Nikkei Surge on Hope Rate Hikes Will End Soon
Hang Seng and Nikkei Surge on Hope Rate Hikes Will End Soon

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped 2.6%, while the Nikkei rose by 1.5%, and other key markets ignored dismal trade data in China to stay in positive territory on Thursday

China Sets Interim Rules for Generative AI Accessible to Public
China Sets Interim Rules for Generative AI Accessible to Public

Regulators say the measures will not apply to firms who don't intend to offer their generative AI services to the Chinese public to encourage development of the technology

China’s Qingdao Seen Bailing Out Local Govt Funding Unit
US Says China’s State Hackers Breached Government Emails
US-Made ‘Chiplet’ Tech Emerges as Core China Chip Strategy
Beijing’s Crackdown Wiped $1.1 Trillion Off Chinese Big Tech
Hang Seng Lifted by China Data, Tech; Yen Drags on Nikkei
Reserve Bank of India Ramps up Testing of its Digital Rupee
China Property Stocks Rally on Rescue Package Extension

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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