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Markets turn defensive on economic gloom
Markets turn defensive on economic gloom

Hong Kong: Financial markets are struggling to justify the valuations that stocks command and the recent rally in anticipation...

Xi puts his stamp on changes to Securities Law
Xi puts his stamp on changes to Securities Law

(ATF) CCTV News – China’s top state mouthpiece – announced yesterday that President and party General Secretary Xi Jinping...

Stage set for ‘two sessions’ amid virus specter
Stage set for ‘two sessions’ amid virus specter

The city of Beijing is busily preparing for the congressional season beginning later this month. The delayed annual...

Virus emergency spending costly but worth it: Fed’s Powell
Wave of Covid-19 bankruptcies poses next threat to US economy
Norway wealth fund blacklists global resources, energy giants
Merkel urges euro integration as judges defend shock ECB ruling
Nearly 600,000 Australians lose jobs as virus lockdown bites
Markets slip after Fed’s gloomy view
Markets edgy on renewed outbreaks, US-China tensions

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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