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For most of 2022, Tesla joined rivals in aggressively raising EV prices but its decision to reverse course now challenges automakers’ established strategy of pursuing profit-over-volume
Taiwan’s Economy Ministry said that while Foxconn had breached regulations, there was no concern about an ‘outflow of technology’
Investor mood was boosted by Beijing’s claims it was winning its war with Covid but fears of a global slowdown continue to cast a shadow
The tough stand by Japan's central bank to retain ultra-low rates appears to have cooled a hot market full of speculators who bet the Bank of Japan would drop its rates and bond yield policy
The US and British banks are latest foreign banks allowed to boost operations in China, following approvals given recently to Schroders, Manulife and Neuberger Berman
Analysts say the golden week holiday and a new mortgage rate mechanism have made a cut in the loan prime rate on Friday unlikely.
For the whole of 2022, Japan logged a trade deficit of 19.97 trillion yen, the second straight annual shortfall and the biggest in more than four decades
Japan’s strengthening currency weighed on exporters – and investors – while worries over a worldwide slowdown intensified
The Vietnamese EV-maker hopes to compete with existing automakers in the US by offering two models, the VF8 and VF9, with starting prices of $59,000 and $83,000
Tesla’s Autopilot team set out to engineer and record a “demonstration of the system’s capabilities” at the request of Musk, a senior engineer said
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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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