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Lava eyes India venture with Chinese partner

  Bloomberg Indian smartphone maker Lava International Ltd. is in advanced talks with China’s Huaqin Technology Co. to create an electronics manufacturing venture in the South Asian nation. The venture would aim to win contracts from US and Chinese customers for research and development, design, and manufacturing of electronics products, according to a letter from Lava to India’s technology ministry …

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Pound and UK bonds rally; stocks, futures advance

Bloomberg The pound rallied and UK bonds surged as more of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s package of unfunded tax cuts were reversed. Stocks rise, with investors preparing for a number of key earnings reports this week. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the UK will raise £32 billion ($36.15 billion) with new measures, scrapping plans to cut income tax and dropping a …

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China seeks to boost stock market as Xi speech disappoints

  Bloomberg Chinese regulators are ramping up efforts to support the stock market, which saw little reprieve from President Xi Jinping’s speech amid continued pressure from geopolitical tensions and the Covid Zero policy. A series of market-supporting measures are in the pipeline, including proposals to encourage companies to buy back shares and to ease curbs on short-term transactions by overseas …

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