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Covid restrictions have forced Chinese producers of battery materials for EV makers to cut production by up to 40%, reducing demand for lithium
Beijing has urged stock and futures exchanges to 'make solid efforts to help companies wade through the pandemic'
China's plan to expand its carbon market to companies in the cement, aluminium and steel sectors could be set back till 2023 or 2024, China Dialogue reported on Friday
Stocks in Hong Kong, Tokyo and mainland China all advanced off the back of the higher-than-expected benchmark borrowing rate cut on Friday
Nicolas Moreau, chief executive of HSBC Asset Management, said that the remarks did not represent the bank’s views.
Customs data on Friday showed that China more than doubled its imports of Russian coking coal in April, taking advantage of a large discount compared to other sources
The LKB & Partners law firm filed a lawsuit against Terraform Labs co-founders Do Kwon and Daniel Shin, the Seoul-based Munwha Ilbo newspaper reported
A shareholder ballot with 99.9% of votes in favour of the Blackstone buyout effectively ended one of Australia's most storied business dynasties
The fund's deputy managing director Kenji Okamura said the Covid pandemic, war in Ukraine and tougher global financial conditions would make this year "challenging" for Asia
The statement comes as oil prices rebounded from two days of losses in a volatile session, bolstered by weakness in the US dollar
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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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