CME Group CEO: Trade deficits are not a bad thing for the US Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and An... ( read original story ...)
Video: HK property agents brawl in public, again
READ COCONUTS HK FEATURE: Why Hong Kong’s property agents are brawling in the streets Things soon got unhappy. According to video sent to Apple Daily by another real estate agent, surnamed Chow, a mid... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong watchdog warns of electric shocks and other risks as popular hotplates fail safety tests
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog warned users of risks ranging from electric shock to excessive temperatures after finding that none of the major-brand electric hotplates in its recent test met basic int... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchange ‘Hesitant’ to Approve Bitmain IPO, Says Source
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) is reluctant to approve the initial public offering (IPO) applications of Chinese bitcoin mining equipment manufacturers, according to a person involved in the talk... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : Appointment of Vice Chairman and Non-executive Director
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement, make no representation as to its accuracy or complete... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong stocks stuck between a ‘rock and a hard place’ for 2019
Hong Kong's stock market faces continued headwinds in 2019, analysts and investors say. The outlook for the benchmark Hang Seng Index is largely bearish due to a list of concerns including a slowdown ... ( read original story ...)
Make Hong Kong’s anticorruption laws extraterritorial to win back the confidence of the international business community, says lawmaker Kenneth Leung
A Hong Kong opposition lawmaker has called on the government to adopt a similar approach as the United States to make the city’s anticorruption laws extraterritorial so as to "win back” the confidence ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘Santa Hash’ event raises money for Operation Santa Claus
About 150 runners from 14 athletic groups donned Father Christmas outfits for the “Santa Hash” race last Sunday. The run is an annual affair to support Operation Santa Claus, the charity campaign join... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan expects bumper year for tourism and pledges support for sector amid US-China trade war
Hong Kong’s top financial official says the government will work to help the tourism sector keep growing as a major part of its efforts to stabilise the economy to offset the effects of the US-China t... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong scam victim sends HK$5.9 million to mainland Chinese bank account in latest con by ‘law enforcement officers’
A 24-year-old man has become the latest victim of a growing spate of phone scams in Hong Kong after being swindled out of nearly HK$6 million (US$767,800) by con men posing as law enforcement officers ... ( read original story ...)
SFC to receive personal details of mainland investors trading Hong Kong shares via stock connect
Mainlanders who trade Hong Kong shares via the stock connect scheme will have their personal information shared with the Hong Kong regulator for the first time, under a new agreement. The China Securi... ( read original story ...)
World’s longest bridge further blurs lines between China and Hong Kong
External Link: Hong Kong-Macau Bridge map (ABC News) The area is intended to be developed into an international centre of "scientific and technological innovation", while still adhering to the princip... ( read original story ...)
How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments
At the time, McKinsey’s client, Ping An, was preparing for an initial public offering in Hong Kong. The Wen family and its business associates became secret shareholders of Ping An, having acquired th... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong police probe bomb-threat emails demanding US$20,000 in bitcoin
Hong Kong police were on Friday night investigating emailed bomb threats intended to extort “security fees” in cryptocurrenty, part of a wave of cyber scams targeting people across the world. The emai... ( read original story ...)