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Downbeat jobs and services data from the US put investors across the region in a glum mood ahead of the Easter break
The news about the former chairman of the state-owned financial conglomerate comes less than two weeks after he resigned from his post
Analysts say Samsung’s chip division likely reported quarterly losses of more than $2.3 billion due to falling memory chip prices and lower inventory values
Investors were in nervous mood on Wednesday, unsettled by downbeat news about the US jobs market
Alibaba's shares have soared over 14% since the company's break-up plan announcement and $1.7bn in foreign cash has flowed into China's markets
The Cyberspace Administration of China said it would conduct a security review of Micron's products sold in the country
Russia's central bank has been calling for companies and citizens to move assets into rouble or 'friendly' currencies to avoid the risk of them being blocked or frozen amid sanctions over war in Ukraine
With Australia's ban, all members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network have banned the short video app from government devices
Investors were in uncertain mood with Japan’s Nikkei heading upwards boosted by energy stocks while tech equities pulled Hon Kong’s Hang Seng down
The probe comes after a report by US short-seller Hindenburg alleged entities linked to Gautam Adani's brother Vinod had moved "billions of dollars" into the conglomerate
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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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