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G20 Finance Projects Give $77bn a Year to Fossil Fuels
G20 Finance Projects Give $77bn a Year to Fossil Fuels

Rich nations have used banks and development programmes to funnel $77 billion in each of the last three years to oil and gas projects despite their commitment to slash greenhouse gas emissions

China’s mask boom takes fabric away from nappy makers
China’s mask boom takes fabric away from nappy makers

China’s ramp-up of mask production to counter the coronavirus outbreak has claimed unlikely victims – nappies, wet wipes and sanitary...

Investors cautious on Trump’s China sanctions talk
Investors cautious on Trump’s China sanctions talk

(ATF) Jitters about US-China tensions resurfacing made markets nervous as US President Donald Trump said he will unveil...

As Japan, Germany reopen, global stocks jump; yuan stabilizes
Markets lifted by stimulus, reopenings
China lowers enterprise financing costs again
China keen to beef up laws against bond, securities fraud
EU banks can weather coronavirus crisis: regulator
Markets up as economic revival in focus
‘New Cold War’ talk pushes yuan to 12-year low

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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