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Yuan firm after a soft start, swinging higher on dollar selling
Yuan firm after a soft start, swinging higher on dollar selling

(ATF) The Chinese yuan firmed after the currency was guided to a near two-and-a-half-month low against the dollar...

Oil spike, inflation fears sour mood
Oil spike, inflation fears sour mood

(ATF) Hong Kong: Inflation fears continued to haunt investors as investors looked past the...

Markets this week: Stimulus to boost; Rally looks to exports data
Markets this week: Stimulus to boost; Rally looks to exports data

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Financial markets this week should see a rebound in risk appetite although it is likely...

China’s Disinflation and Implications
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Markets ease on NPC’s muted optimism
China counts the cost at pumps of continued oil price rises
China Life scandal just the ‘tip of the iceberg’ say insiders
Rates sell-off spooks markets
Ant forced into defence on two fronts: government and staff

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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