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DeepSeek drives $1.3 trillion China stock rally as funds pile in

DeepSeek drives $1.3 trillion China stock rally as fund...

DeepSeek’s breakthrough in artificial intelligence is helping drive a rotation o...

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Trump tariffs loom large in South Korea's 'steel city'

Trump tariffs loom large in South Korea's 'steel city'

South Korea was the fourth largest exporter of the metal to the United States la...

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Japanese FM asks U.S. counterpart to exempt Tokyo from Trump tariffs

Japanese FM asks U.S. counterpart to exempt Tokyo from ...

The foreign minister also said that he had broached the issue of Trump’s planned...

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TSMC considers running Intel’s U.S. factories after Trump team request

TSMC considers running Intel’s U.S. factories after Tru...

Trump officials raised the idea of a deal between the two companies in recent me...

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U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel were blindsided by Trump investment talk

U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel were blindsided by Trump in...

The proposed investment following Donald Trump's meeting with Prime Minister Shi...

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Trump says new tariffs on autos coming around April 2

Trump says new tariffs on autos coming around April 2

The auto threat offers to put some of the biggest brands in Japan, Germany and S...

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DeepSeek sparks investor pessimism on SoftBank's $500 billion Stargate push

DeepSeek sparks investor pessimism on SoftBank's $500 b...

DeepSeek’s low-cost AI model is begging the question of whether such massive spe...

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Assets of Japan’s wealthiest jump to a record $3 trillion

Assets of Japan’s wealthiest jump to a record $3 trillion

Between 2011 and 2023, the wealth of Japan’s rich more than doubled and super ri...

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Xi to chair symposium attended by Jack Ma and other Chinese business leaders, sources say

Xi to chair symposium attended by Jack Ma and other Chi...

Xi rarely chairs symposiums about the private sector, and the event underscores ...

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Nippon Steel wants 100% of U.S. Steel, not a minority stake, report says

Nippon Steel wants 100% of U.S. Steel, not a minority s...

Last week, the deal appeared effectively dead after a meeting between Prime Mini...

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Japan begins talks with U.S. to sound out Trump tariff specifics

Japan begins talks with U.S. to sound out Trump tariff ...

Trump has singled out Japan and South Korea as nations he believes are taking ad...

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Hedge fund startup that replaced analysts with AI beats the market

Hedge fund startup that replaced analysts with AI beats...

Minotaur Capital, which has no analysts on staff, returned 13.7% in the six mont...

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Sony lifts forecast on expectations of game and music improvement

Sony lifts forecast on expectations of game and music i...

Sony has prioritized acquiring more content and intellectual property rights at ...

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Honda and Nissan cancel megamerger after weeks of negotiations

Honda and Nissan cancel megamerger after weeks of negot...

The automakers failed to find the common ground needed to reach an agreement, th...

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Japan electronics unions demand wage hike of ¥17,000

Japan electronics unions demand wage hike of ¥17,000

The focus is on whether employers will agree to raise pay significantly as in re...

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Ispace upbeat as Trump keeps Artemis lunar missions with Japan

Ispace upbeat as Trump keeps Artemis lunar missions wit...

Launched last month, Ispace's Resilience lander will approach the moon in about ...