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Trump's tariff threats have rattled the yuan, driven mainland bond yields down and got stocks off to a bad start to 2025
The US Commerce Department said it was concerned about ‘adversaries’ remotely accessing and manipulating drones
The law, said to be one of the world's strictest, requires public country-by-country reporting to allow the tax office to assess if genuine business operations align with locations where profits are booked and taxes paid
Despite the sales bump, though, Tesla is still close to losing its top global EV-seller crown to Chinese rival BYD
The surprise New Year payout could amount to a one-time shot to the economy of $12-20 billion if all 48 million civil servants in the public sector collected on terms some outlined
China's proposals could help it retain its 70% grip on global processing of lithium into the material needed to make EV batteries. It could also threaten expansion plans by groups such as CATL
The two new initiatives unveiled on Friday are subsidy programmes for consumers, and a subsidy for large-scale equipment upgrades for businesses.
The recall, announced last month, affects 22,883 EV9 electric SUVs Kia built between September 2023 and October 2024
Unlike the European Union and the United States, Norway does not impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
BYD, Tesla, Li Auto and Nio have incentives to bolster sales on top of a state subsidy, at a time competition is so fierce only 3 carmakers are said to be profitable
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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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