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TotalEnergies to Supply 900,000 Tonnes of LNG a Year to Jiangsu Guoxin
TotalEnergies has signed a Heads of Agreement to supply Jiangsu Guoxin Group, a provincial state-owned energy company in China, with 900,000 tonnes of LNG a year for 15 years. For TotalEnergies' shareholders and for China's…
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Shell to Sell North West Shelf Stake to ADNOC's XRG for $1.45 Billion
Shell has agreed to sell its 16.67% non-operated interest in Australia's North West Shelf project to subsidiaries of ADNOC's XRG for $1.45…
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TSMC's $265bn Arizona Build Lifts Phoenix Property, Bloomberg Says
TSMC's $265bn chipmaking campus in north Phoenix is driving a property boom across the city's northwest suburbs, Bloomberg reported on Sunday, as…
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Alibaba's Qwen Joins Apple Intelligence in China From December
Apple will bring the first Apple Intelligence features to iPhone users in China with iOS 27.3 in December, adding Alibaba's Qwen model…
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BYD Third-Quarter Profit Rises 28.1% to RMB 10.02 Billion
BYD's net profit attributable to shareholders rose 28.1% in the third quarter, the carmaker's unaudited report shows, while nine-month profit stayed below…
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Japan Results: Takeda Operating Profit Jumps 60.4% in First Half
Five large Japanese companies reported results on 29 October, led by Takeda Pharmaceutical, whose first-half operating profit jumped 60.4% to JPY 406.7…
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Samsung Chip Unit Earns KRW 106.5 Trillion, SK hynix Margin at 80%
Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division earned KRW 106.5 trillion, or $79.6 billion, of operating profit in the third quarter, nearly all of the…
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HSBC Q3 Pre-Tax Profit Rises 32 Percent on Lower Legal Costs
HSBC Holdings reported profit before tax of 9.6 billion dollars for the third quarter of 2026, up 2.3 billion dollars or 32…
Read more →Samsung Guides Q3 Operating Profit to 107.4 Trillion Won
Samsung Electronics estimates its operating profit for the third quarter of 2026 at approximately 107.40 trillion won, equivalent to 80.1 billion dollars,…
Read more →Taiwan Has Approved 44 Billion Dollars of TSMC Capital for Its US Unit
Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has approved 44 billion dollars of TSMC capital for its US subsidiary through 7 approvals since December…
Read more →Alibaba's New AI Chip Triples Performance as Shares Jump 5.1 Percent
Alibaba Group unveiled a new AI chip that it said triples the performance of its predecessor and outlined plans for an AI…
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Apple’s Foldable Lands at 1,999 Dollars and the Pro Rises 100: The Event Against Our Numbers
Apple priced its first foldable iPhone 1 dollar below the 2,000 dollar floor in the roadmap report we carried on 7 September.…
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Apple’s 2,000 Dollar Foldable Meets a 94 Percent Inventory Build: The Numbers Before 9 September
Apple's new chief executive John Ternus takes the stage on Wednesday 9 September with a foldable iPhone expected to cost more than…
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Shein Targets a Valuation of Up to About 27 Billion Dollars in Its Hong Kong IPO as the Order Book Is Covered
Shein has launched its Hong Kong initial public offering at a valuation of up to about 27 billion dollars, roughly 72.5 percent…
Read more →The EU Fines AliExpress 550 Million Euros in Its Biggest Digital Services Act Penalty to Date
The European Commission has fined AliExpress, the online marketplace owned by China's Alibaba Group, 550 million euros for breaching the European Union's…
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DeepSeek Seeks Fresh Funding at a Valuation Near 74 Billion Dollars as It Prepares a Shanghai Listing
The Chinese artificial-intelligence company DeepSeek is in early talks over a new funding round of up to 50 billion yuan, about 7.4…
Read more →TSMC Profit Jumps 77 Percent to a Record Even as a Chinese AI Model Helps Tip Chip Stocks Into a 20 Percent Bear Market
The two faces of the artificial-intelligence trade were on display within a single week. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company reported a 77.4 percent…
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- US Market Wrap 12 October: The Dow Alone Rises 0.38 Percent as the Nasdaq 100 Falls 0.71 Percent
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- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent