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China moves to check inflated ratings, allows issuers to opt out
China moves to check inflated ratings, allows issuers to opt out

(ATF) China has proposed scrapping corporate obligation to obtain a credit rating, in a sign the world’s second biggest...

China loan bubble may pop in coming months
China loan bubble may pop in coming months

(ATF) China’s banking regulator has warned domestic banks to prepare for a wave of...

Vaccine breakthrough drives markets
Vaccine breakthrough drives markets

(ATF) Hong Kong: Asian markets rose after vaccine makers said they...

Yuan breaks above key 6.9 level to dollar, highest since January
Huawei, ZTE removing US elements from their products
Markets ride vaccine hopes, Wall Street tech rally
China issues bonds in a rush to meet October deadline
Investors jittery on Fed view, PBoC rate outlook weighs
Fed coughs, world blanches, yuan unfazed
Brilliance Auto faces bankruptcy and restructuring

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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