Sri Lanka is moving to establish a National Trade Negotiation Committee to prepare the groundwork for prospective Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, with preliminary activities potentially beginning in January, the Ministry of
The Trump administration is in talks with Intel Corp. about a potential U.S. government stake in the struggling chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would mark another high-profile
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce welcomed the Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, for a courtesy meeting with its leadership to discuss opportunities for trade, investment, and economic
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Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has postponed the launch of its new AI model due to technical difficulties with Huawei’s chips, highlighting the ongoing reliance of Chinese firms on US technology, the
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Billionaire families across Asia are deepening their involvement in the gold market, moving beyond traditional holdings like index trackers and vault storage to directly financing, shipping, and trading physical gold. This resurgence
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President Donald Trump has extended a pause on tariffs targeting Chinese goods for another 90 days, delaying a planned tariff increase until November 10 and easing tensions between the world’s two largest
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The world’s diesel market is running out of time to replenish dangerously low fuel stockpiles before hurricane season and refinery maintenance kick in — a development that could ripple through inflation, trade,
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Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway have underperformed the broader market by one of the widest margins in decades, triggering unease among investors as the 94-year-old billionaire prepares to step down as
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China’s ambitious campaign to consolidate its fragmented semiconductor industry into a few powerful state-backed players is faltering, as internal disagreements and market realities challenge Beijing’s top-down push to rival U.S. and European
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India’s capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has indicated that further structural reforms to the country’s vast derivatives market may be on the horizon, following recent moves
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Chinese exporters are beginning to reassess years of offshore investment in Southeast Asia as the latest wave of US tariffs and restrictions on “transshipment” force a major rethink of regional supply chain
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Shares in Europe’s largest banks have surged to their highest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis, buoyed by a sharp rise in long-term interest rates and a renewed investor appetite for
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A Hong Kong court has ordered a freeze on a key HSBC bank account at the center of a high-profile legal battle involving the multibillion-dollar inheritance of Zong Qinghou, the late founder
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A new generation of crypto lenders is pushing the boundaries of risk with innovative digital asset loans, three years after a devastating market crash led to widespread insolvencies in the sector. San
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding its research coverage to include private companies — starting with one of the sector’s most watched names, OpenAI. The Wall Street giant launched its first-ever research
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For over two decades, Jane Street Group maintained an aura of mystery — a trading juggernaut with no publicly named CEO, guarded communication policies, and an office famously adorned with the WWII
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