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Tokyo’s benchmark index hit a one-month high with investors in positive mood ahead of a big earnings week in the US
Currency slumped to a record low against the US dollar, selling for 447,000 rials on the unofficial market on Saturday
Germany aims to reduce dependence on the world’s second largest economy, which has been the country's top trading partner since 2016
Japan’s indexes followed in the slipstream of US markets which were buoyed by Fed chiefs signalling that inflation was cooling
Finance minister said Japan's finances had "increased in severity to an unprecedented degree as we have compiled supplementary budgets to respond to the coronavirus and similar issues"
The iPhone maker has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017, in line with the Indian government's push for local manufacturing
The sudden shift in Chinese policy has boosted many different asset classes, with billions pouring into emerging-market debt and equity funds in the week to Wednesday, BofA data showed
Bank of America data also showed weekly flows of $14.4 billion into bond funds and $7.5 billion into equities as China’s reopening buoyed investors
The second-largest chipmaker in China after SMIC, Hua Hong will produce 300mm (12-inch) semiconductor wafers at the factory
The directives, by the Competition Commission of India, force Google to make changes like allowing third-party app stores to be housed within its Play Store
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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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