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Remark underscores how a weak yen has become a tricky political issue for Japan, which has historically focused on preventing a strong currency from hurting the country's export sector
Traders across the region picked up the baton from Friday’s Wall St rally though deal numbers were thin ahead of the three-day Lunar New Year break
Resource-rich nation banned coal exports for January, imposed curbs on palm oil shipments, and also floated the idea of an export tax on nickel pig iron – all in the opening weeks of 2022
Jakarta shocked global edible oil markets last week by implementing a new rule that made it mandatory for palm oil producers to sell 20% of their output to domestic consumers at fixed prices
Developer and its chairman sold a Shanghai hotel and a stake in a Hong Kong development, respectively, for a total of $836 million
The company, which is due to report half year earnings in a fortnight, released a trading update which lowered its 2022 earnings per share forecasts from its previous guide.
Experts say the Southeast Asian "gold rush" will continue in 2022, stoking momentum in the region's startup ecosystem
The decision, Indian media reported, is based on a preliminary internal investigation of the Paytm rival that has yielded indications of financial fraud
Canada detected a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in December 2021 on an Alberta farm, the country's first known BSE case in six years
Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer and exporter, last week announced a 20% mandatory domestic market obligation for all palm producers
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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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