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Japan's SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO
Feb 8, 2022

Japan's SoftBank drops sale of Arm, plans IPO

Japanese technology investor SoftBank says its planned sale of the British semiconductor and software design company Arm to U.S. chip maker Nvidia has fallen through...

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Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward
Feb 7, 2022

Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward

The Shougang Group steel mill that once billowed smoke into smoggy Beijing is sending something else skyward this week — Olympic skiers...

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A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble
Feb 7, 2022

A muted Lunar New Year, inside and outside Olympic bubble

China returned to work Monday after a weeklong Lunar New Year holiday muted by the pandemic — and even more so for the thousands of people inside a Winter Olympics bubble...

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Japan's tech giant Toshiba to split; sell stake in Carrier
Feb 7, 2022

Japan's tech giant Toshiba to split; sell stake in Carrier

Embattled Japanese technology giant Toshiba says it plans to split into two companies, one focused on infrastructure and the other on devices, as it tries to placate unhappy shareholders...

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BEIJING SNAPSHOT: A scramble for scarce Olympics souvenirs
Feb 7, 2022

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: A scramble for scarce Olympics souvenirs

The race is on to snap up scarce 2022 Winter Olympics souvenirs...

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Asian shares fall as markets watch omicron, central banks
Feb 7, 2022

Asian shares fall as markets watch omicron, central banks

Asian shares are mixed, with Shanghai gaining after reopening from the Lunar New Year holidays...

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Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders in Olympic diplomacy
Feb 6, 2022

Xi meets Poland, Pakistan leaders in Olympic diplomacy

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with leaders from Poland and Pakistan in a flurry of diplomacy on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games...

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Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit
Feb 4, 2022

Russia, China push back against US in pre-Olympics summit

The leaders of Russia and China have declared their joint opposition to any expansion of NATO and affirmed that the island of Taiwan is a part of China...

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Amid crisis in Ukraine, Putin in Beijing praises China ties
Feb 4, 2022

Amid crisis in Ukraine, Putin in Beijing praises China ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised “unprecedented” close relations with China, as he met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing hours ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremon...

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Asian shares shrug off tech-led selloff on Wall Street
Feb 4, 2022

Asian shares shrug off tech-led selloff on Wall Street

Asian shares are mostly higher after a historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook's parent company helped yank other tech stocks lower on Wall Street...

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