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Asia Markets Mixed After Evergrande Payment, Covid Spike
Asia Markets Mixed After Evergrande Payment, Covid Spike

Hong Kong and Shanghai markets got some support after news that troubled property giant China Evergrande had made an overdue interest payment, but other markets were subdued on Friday.

Australian Central Bank Loses Control of Bond Yields
Australian Central Bank Loses Control of Bond Yields

Bonds surge to seven times the intended level. Economists say the RBA could drop yield targeting programme on Tuesday, when monetary policy board is due to meet.

China Defers $31bn in Corporate Taxes: Caixin
China Defers $31bn in Corporate Taxes: Caixin

State Council move applies to corporate income tax and domestic value-added tax, domestic consumption tax and other levies.

Consortium Seeks to Buy Singapore Publisher: Straits Times
Brokerage Shares Plunge over Licence Warning: Securities Times
Fees Boost Sees China Brokerage CITIC Q3 Profits Leap 46%
Asia Markets Slip As Covid, Evergrande, Price Fears Weigh
China Regulators’ Coal Price and Supply Probes Intensify
Carbon Pricing Ignores 80% of Emissions, Says Markets Group
China Warns Unlicensed Online Brokerages They Are Illegal

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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