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Investors continue to be distracted by persistent inflation, rate hike threats, a possible banking crisis and a gloomy outlook for the world’s top two economies
The world's largest contract electronics maker attributed the slump to a massive writedown related to its 34% stake in Sharp Corp, its Japanese electronics maker
Chinese banks extended 718.8 billion yuan ($104 billion) in new yuan loans in April, less than a fifth of March’s tally and just over half of the amount anticipated by analysts
Western sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have given a boost to China's efforts to internationalise its currency, with a dramatic increase in its use in commodity and energy trade with Russia
Investors were distracted by factory gate deflation in China while hopes of rate hikes easing in the US were clouded by its debt ceiling standoff
Chinese regulator says it will help improve audits of Chinese companies listed on US exchanges, after US accounting board says it found "unacceptable deficiencies" in checks of China firms' books
Authorities have detained a man for generating a fake story that claimed a train crash killed nine construction workers in a city in China's northwestern Gansu
Access to social media has been restricted in the country of 220 million, after video clips spread of violent protests. Many police cars and state buildings were set ablaze in Punjab province
The release of critical US inflation figures later in the day preoccupied traders with worries of more resultant rate hikes dampening the mood
More than half of China’s total investments in Europe last year were in Europe's green industries, particularly car battery plants, a new report has revealed
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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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