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As oil debacle loses shock effect, dollar recedes
As oil debacle loses shock effect, dollar recedes

(ATF) The WTI first-future recovery to $11.29bbl from bizarrely negative May futures prices that expired Tuesday is hardly worth the...

Getting China’s millions back to work
Getting China’s millions back to work

(ATF) China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs held a press conference on yesterday, Tuesday April 21, to...

China’s outbound investment declines
China’s outbound investment declines

(ATF) China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) declined 0.6% year-on-year in the first quarter, data by the Ministry of...

Bank lending to business surges but bad loans climb too
Europe races to shield virus-hit firms from bargain hunters
China goes on a discount oil buying binge
Google online shopping service to be free for merchants
US oil producers hit by crash in prices
Asian markets tumble after oil price rout
Agricultural Bank raises 6-billion yuan with ‘eco-bonds’

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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