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Yuan and fries to go
Yuan and fries to go

(ATF) One sure-fire way of telling whether an idea will catch on is to apply the McDonald’s test: if...

Company Report: Industrial Bank, Geely
Company Report: Industrial Bank, Geely

(ATF) China’s Industrial Bank has issued the first 30 billion yuan ($4.26bn) of special financial bonds for small- and...

HSBC to buy back HSBC Life in China
HSBC to buy back HSBC Life in China

(ATF) A subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plans to purchase the remaining 50% stake in its Chinese life insurance joint-venture amid relaxed foreign-ownership...

Britain may begin easing lockdown next week
Germany accelerates return to normality
Investors hope reopenings will heal economies
China’s yuan in sluggish recovery
ECB stands firm after shock German ruling on bond-buying
Asia cautiously optimistic as economies reopen
Company Report: Geely, CCB, Huaxia

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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