The Hong Kong dollar is bumping against the top end of its narrow 7.75-7.85 band against the U.S. dollar and is among the best-performing currencies this year even as the city's economy struggles to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong dissidents a further test for Taiwan-China ties
The publisher had waited nearly five years to reopen Causeway Bay Books, an independent store in Hong Kong that was forced to close in 2015 when Lam was detained in China for selling books critical of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong researchers invent antiviral “coating”
A team of researchers from a Hong Kong university claim to have developed an antiviral coating they say can provide 90 days of "significant" protection against bacteria and viruses such as the novel ... ( read original story ...)
Should You Or Shouldn’t You: A Dividend Analysis on The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HKG:45)
Dividend paying stocks like The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited (HKG:45) tend to be popular with investors, ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore digital banks: lessons to learn from Hong Kong
As the Monetary Authority of Singapore considers which of 21 applicants it will grant five coveted digital banking licenses to, market watchers say there are lessons to be learnt from Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Index, China stock markets gain on coronavirus progress
It's going to be a short trading week for Hong Kong -- only three days. And the mainland will be closed on Friday as well. The Stock Connect is closed on Thursday and Friday. Your bloggers will be ... ( read original story ...)
Asian markets gain after Japan central bank boosts aid
BEIJING — Asian stock markets gained Monday after Japan’s central bank promised more asset purchases to shore up financial markets as investors look to central bankers to support the struggling global ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Bank Bailouts Are Even Scarier Than They Look
Acknowledging the growing balance sheet problems among small and medium lenders, China’s banking and insurance regulator says it’s working on a reform plan and will become more vigilant about ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese stocks jump as Bank of Japan enhances monetary policy easing; oil prices drop
The Bank of Japan of Monday announced on Monday an enhancement of its monetary policy easing measures to combat the hit on Japan's economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)
Stock Markets in Asia Rise As Investors Eye Reopenings: Live Business Updates
The loan program was meant for companies that could no longer finance themselves through traditional means, like raising money in the markets or borrowing from banks under existin ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shares May See Renewed Support On Monday
The Hong Kong stock market on Friday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 185 points or 0.8 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 23,830-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)
The Forgotten Hong Kong Flu Pandemic of 1968 Has Lessons for Today
We’re not just living through an earth-shaking pandemic.We’re living through a new crisis in which a highly virulent virus arrives at the very moment when ubiquitous media coverage, global ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s hidebound brokers face coronavirus reckoning
For more than a century, Hong Kong’s legion of stock brokerages have traded through world wars, epic market busts and the former British colony’s handover back to China. But the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Dissident Hong Kong bookseller moves banned shop to Taiwan
A Hong Kong bookshop that was closed down by the Chinese authorities more than four years ago and became a symbol of the city’s disappearing freedoms has reopened in Taiwan.Lam Wing-kee was one of the ... ( read original story ...)