China is considering new export controls on artificial-intelligence technologies in a bid to safeguard the strategically critical industry amid intensifying competition.

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China moved to stabilize its equity market by urging companies and state funds to buy shares while guiding some investors to curb selling, people familiar with the matter said.

Financial regulators held a meeting Thursday to discuss stabilization measures for the stock market, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private deliberations.

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Swiss private equity firm Partners Group Holding AG is stopping hedge funds from disrupting its efforts to refinance around €6 billion ($6.7 billion) of debt owed by some of its most troubled companies, even at the risk of shrinking the pool of buyers as their loan prices fall.

The Zug-based alternative manager is leaning on parts of its loan documentation to block opportunistic funds from buying up the debt of three of its portfolio firms: Emeria SASU, Ammega Group BV and Breitling AG. All have billions of euros of debt coming due in 2028.

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