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Vaccine hopes a booster shot for markets
Vaccine hopes a booster shot for markets

(ATF) Renewed hopes that a coronavirus vaccine is on the horizon sent stock markets surging, with oil prices...

New 100 million lockdown in NE China hits Asian currencies
New 100 million lockdown in NE China hits Asian currencies

(ATF) What looked at first like limited local clusters in Jilin and Liaoning provinces imported from neighbouring Russia, where...

Beijing plans a ‘New Era’, bins Xi’s ‘China Dream’
Beijing plans a ‘New Era’, bins Xi’s ‘China Dream’

(ATF) The State Council of China’s Central Committee has published some of the key points of the upcoming meeting...

CNOOC, Shell to build new ethylene project
Investors lifted as shutdowns ease in many countries
Shenzhen steps up bond sales
China housing market flat
China launches its first ‘blue bond’
Amazon hit from all sides as crisis highlights growing power
China warns of ‘necessary measures’ to defend Huawei

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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