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China Holds Its Loan Prime Rates for a 14th Straight Month After Second-Quarter Growth Slowed to 4.3 Percent
China left its benchmark lending rates unchanged for a fourteenth consecutive month in July, with the one-year loan prime rate held at…
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China Is Exporting About 20 Percent Fewer Rare-Earth Magnets to the United States Despite the Trade Truce
China is exporting about 20 percent fewer rare-earth magnets to the United States despite a trade truce between the two countries, according…
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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…
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Report: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI Race, With 725 Billion Dollars of Spending Planned for 2026 and the Model Gap at 2.7 Percent
The Edge for Economic Consultancy has published a special report, "The 725 Billion Dollar Question: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI…
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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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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 16 July: Cairo Nears 53,000 and Saudi Edges Up to Close the Week as the Bank of Korea’s First Hike Since 2023 Sinks Seoul 6.4 Percent
Asia's whipsaw week found its policy trigger on Thursday and the Gulf closed its first full week of the escalation barely changed.…
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Bank of Korea Raises Its Base Rate to 2.75 Percent in Its First Hike Since 2023
The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark base rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent from 2.50 percent on 16 July,…
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Beijing Reportedly Set to Let Top Chinese AI Firms Buy Nvidia H200 Chips, With Approvals Capped Below 200,000 Units
Chinese officials have told Alibaba, ByteDance and DeepSeek in recent weeks that they may soon receive permission to buy Nvidia H200 chips,…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 7 July: Asia Sells Off Led by Korea as the Gulf Holds Firm and Egypt Rises
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 1 July: Dubai Leads the Gulf Higher as Japan and China Advance and Hong Kong Rests for a Holiday
Gulf markets started the second half of the year mostly higher, led by Dubai and Oman, while Egypt ended little changed and…
Read more →China’s Central Bank Adds an Overnight Lending Tool as It Moves Toward a Fed-Style Rate Framework
China's central bank is adding an overnight tenor to its open-market operations, a technical but significant step in a multi-year effort to…
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- Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
- Market Wrap US-Europe 30 June: Wall Street Extends Gains and Europe Rises to Close the First Half
- Market Wrap US-Europe 1 July: Wall Street and Europe Slip to Start the Second Half as Warsh Keeps a Firm Line on Inflation