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US to Review Ties With Hong Kong Banks, ‘City Now a Crime Hub’
US to Review Ties With Hong Kong Banks, ‘City Now a Crime Hub’

US lawmakers are reviewing ties with Hong Kong's banks, amid increasing reports that the city has become a hub for money laundering and sanctions evasion

China Gives Its Tech Giants 3 Months to Fix Algorithm Issues
China Gives Its Tech Giants 3 Months to Fix Algorithm Issues

Officials in Beijing have moved to rein in tech giants like Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan and Bytedance, by ordering them to fix algorithms used on their apps and websites

Japanese Competition Officials Raid Amazon Japan, Source Says
Japanese Competition Officials Raid Amazon Japan, Source Says

Amazon unit is suspected of urging sellers to lower their prices on its e-commerce site in exchange for better placement of their products on its website

Trump Outlines Plan For New Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China
Lacklustre COP29 Deal Shows Strains of Climate Cooperation
Anglo Sells Australian Coal Mines to Peabody in $3.8bn Deal
Adani Bonds Sink, Indian Parliament Shuts Amid Bribery Uproar
Bangladesh Wants Legal Help For Probe Into Adani, Power Deals
US Adds 30 More China Firms to Uyghur Forced Labour Blacklist
Adani Scandal Ups Risk to Global Banks, India’s Renewables Push

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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