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The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered banks and other holders of foreign currency to convert these deposits into the local kyat currency
A US jury found Roger Ng guilty on all charges in the trial over the looting of billions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund
The US dollar index strengthened on Friday, supported by the prospect of more aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. It has gained ground on many rivals over the past month
Samsung Electronics' flagship Galaxy S22 phone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance which has led to carriers halving its price in South Korea just weeks since its launch
Economists expect Beijing to step in with monetary easing measures to prop up the economy and make sure China hits its 5.5% growth target for this year
GoTo is banking on a steady market debut after raising $1.1 billion in a relatively cautious IPO, while the local share market is booming
The Australian agribusiness company has benefitted from supply constraints due to the Ukraine war, while its shares have risen to a record high
The monetary policy committee held the lending rate, or the repo rate, at 4% as governor Shaktikanta Das said the panel also voted to maintain an "accommodative" stance
In its semi-annual financial stability review, the Reserve Bank of Australia emphasised the financial system was sound and banks were well capitalised
Bernard Zonneveld, a former investment banker, called for an impartial investigation and “severe” punishment for perpetrators responsible for the massacre in Bucha
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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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