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Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer in this illustration picture taken February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File Photo

Chip slump erases $1.3t in stock market value

Nvidia, the world's most valuable chipmaker, fell about 6%, cleaving more than $300 billion from its market capitalisation

A drone view of a pump jack and drilling rig south of Midland, Texas, US June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Oil little changed on uncertainty over US-Iran peace deal

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card and an RTX 5070 laptop as he gives a keynote address at CES 2025, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, 6 January 2025. REUTERS/Steve Marcus

Nvidia has capacity to supply robust AI growth despite constraints: CEO

A person holds an Apple iPhone at the company's first retail store in Bengaluru, India, September 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh

Global smartphone market faces record annual decline as chip crunch worsens

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration created on June 23, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

AI debt sales reshape global corporate bond markets

Traffic flows over the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge, which was inaugurated in 2025, as Guyana's fast-growing economy is set to benefit from a reshaped global energy market due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in Georgetown, Guyana May 9, 2026. Photo:REUTERS/Yancey Haywood

Tiny Guyana poised for big Iran oil gains and growth strains

A drone view of a pump jack and drilling rig south of Midland, Texas, US June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Oil opens up as US toughens terms of Iran war agreement

A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Oil slips 6% as US, Iran seen moving closer to peace deal

Representational image. Photo: Collected

World Bank document shows 27 countries seeking to ensure access to crisis funds

People bathe on a beach next to the El Palito refinery of the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela February 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

Can Venezuelan oil save India amid the Hormuz energy crisis?

Blocks with symbols and atomic numbers of Rare Earth Elements (REE) are placed on a Chinese flag in this illustration taken January 21, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

China says rare earth controls lawful, will cooperate with US on 'reasonable' concerns

Trucks are seen near a palm oil plantation at a village located near Indonesia's projected new capital, known as Nusantara National Capital, in Sepaku, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia, March 8 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan

Indonesia to bring commodity exports under centralised control: President

Samsung Electronics’ labour union members chant slogans during a protest against company’s compensation levels ahead of a planned lengthy strike in front of Samsung Electronics semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, April 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

Samsung Electronics set to be hit by major strike on Thursday after talks with union collapse