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Big Tech’s Hunger For AI Power Unsettling ESG Investors
Big Tech’s Hunger For AI Power Unsettling ESG Investors

Power demands of the likes of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia is complicating investors' love affair with tech stocks

China Set to Issue $284bn in Special Bonds to Lift Economy
China Set to Issue $284bn in Special Bonds to Lift Economy

Sources said bond proceeds will go to subsidizing cheap purchases of consumer goods, plus families with 2 or more kids, and local governments

Hang Seng Soars on New Stimulus Bets; Tech Rally Lifts Nikkei
Hang Seng Soars on New Stimulus Bets; Tech Rally Lifts Nikkei

Speculation that Beijing is ready to ramp up its economic support even more saw a burst of risk-taking across the region

Russia Secretly Building War Drones in China, EU Intel Says
Amazon Joins Firms in $180 Million Brazil Carbon Credits Deal
Another Chip Shortage Looms as AI Frenzy, Climate Change Bite
China Economist Detained ‘After Xi’s Falling Out With Liu He’
Hang Seng Adds to Stimulus Surge, Nikkei Dips on Profit-Taking
Booming Solar Puts 2030 Renewable Energy Goals ‘Within Reach’
Tesla, Meta, Amazon Accused of Undermining Democracy

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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