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Tencent to buy China’s no-2 search engine
Tencent to buy China’s no-2 search engine

(ATF) Sogou said this week it received a preliminary non-binding offer from Tencent to...

HK-US dollar peg assailable only at large cost to greenback
HK-US dollar peg assailable only at large cost to greenback

(ATF) A couple of months ago, Texas hedge fund manager and sworn China foe Kyle Bass told the world...

China’s economic recovery looks squiggle-shaped
China’s economic recovery looks squiggle-shaped

HONG KONG: China’s V-shaped recovery looks squiggly on closer examination. Budweiser, KFC and Rio Tinto...

Record Gold Price Driven by Investment Products
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Ministry demands acceleration of special bond issuance
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HSBC hammered over Huawei legal fight in Canada
Fed’s support pledge boosts markets

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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