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Two-way agricultural trade is booming. Between 2000 and 2022, the volume of Chinese agricultural exports to Asean countries skyrocketed from US$1.52 billion to US$61 billion, making China the economic bloc’s largest source of imports.
British oil major BP on Thursday trimmed its executive team down to 10 members and announced William Lin as the new head of the firm's oil and low carbon energy business.
Malaysia isn't fazed about competition from China or the U.S. as it pushes into higher-end semiconductor manufacturing, according to the country's second finance minister.
Chip stocks fell on Wednesday after ASML, a key developer of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, said that bookings fell by 61% sequentially during the first quarter, a steeper drop than investors had expected. AMD's stock fell over nearly 6%, Nvidia shares fell over 3%, Intel shares fell under 2% and Qualcomm was off over 2%. But the biggest drop affected chip technology firm Arm, which was trading nearly 12% lower on Wednesday.
The S&P 500 dropped for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, as Nvidia and other struggling technology names put downward pressure on the market.
TOKYO -- More unsolicited acquisitions are an option for Dai-ichi Life Holdings as it pursues growth beyond the Japanese insurance market, CEO Tetsuya Kikuta told Nikkei.
TAIPEI -- Taiwan is aiming for trade deals with more countries after breakthroughs with three Group of Seven economies last year, Taipei's trade czar said in an exclusive interview.
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