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Nov 30 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell on Thursday, dragged down by financials after the government announced an inquiry into the banking sector and by resources stocks as metal prices fell.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), Malaysia's biggest lender by assets, reported on Thursday a 13 percent rise in third-quarter profit, lifted by higher net interest income and better performance at its Islamic banking operations.

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Some of Australia's biggest power users, including mining giant BHP, are taking steps to curb the impact of any repeat of crippling blackouts that hit last summer, worried about a grid that increasingly relies on wind power and old coal-fired plants.

Securitisation deal to raise £1.7bn, far below most recent valuation

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LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Europe is making major strides to eliminate barriers that have held back the region from developing tech firms that can compete on the scale of global giants Alphabet Inc's Google, Amazon.com Inc or Tencent Holdings Inc, a report published on Thursday shows.

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Nearly half of the cash that has poured into newly issued cryptocurrencies in recent years has been raised in Europe, research published on Thursday showed.

Nov 30 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets were downcast on Thursday as broader Asian equities fell sharply on a selloff in technology heavyweights, with Singapore falling the most. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan retreated over 1 percent after U.S. technology stocks posted...

SHANGHAI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks fell on Thursday, led by tech firms tracking falls in high-flying technology shares on the Wall Street, and weighed down by losses in mainland China markets.