Ryan Law among five directors detained under national security legislation imposed by Beijing ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li’s FWD files for U.S. listing
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li's insurer FWD said it has lodged an application to regulators for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. The company did not disclose the size of the IPO, ... ( read original story ...)
Blockchain could solidify Hong Kong’s position as Greater Bay Area’s financial hub, but it lags in innovation, experts say
Blockchain could lower barriers to entry in Hong Kong’s important financial industry and help it catch up in innovation as it further integrates into the Greater Bay Area. ( read original story ...)
Internet Outages Hit HK Stock Exchange, Others, Days After Disruption of Top Websites
Internet outages affected the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, some airlines, financial institutions and other companies across the globe. The outage at Akamai hit just days after a similar disruption ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks push mostly higher on Wall Street after wobbly start
Stocks shook off a wobbly start and pushed mostly higher in the first few minutes of trading on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% in the early going Thursday, and other major indexes were also ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Inside Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, China’s besieged liberal media icon
Journalists at Apple Daily, a feisty Hong Kong newspaper, had been bracing for some kind of a crackdown. The splashy Chinese-language tabloid - which mixes celebrity gossip, investigations of the ... ( read original story ...)
Editors of Hong Kong Newspaper Arrested Under Security Law
Hong Kong police have used a sweeping national security law to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers. ( read original story ...)
Major Hong Kong business chambers announce HK$35 million in giveaways to encourage residents to get vaccinated
Among the new prizes being offered up are luxury cars, business class plane tickets, jewellery and shopping vouchers. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Cracks Down on a Pro-Democracy Newspaper
Police arrested the top editors of Apple Daily, froze its assets and raided its newsroom, in a sharp escalation of the government’s campaign against dissent. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li’s FWD to raise up to $3bn in US IPO
FWD, the Asian insurer founded by the son of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, has filed for a US initial public offering in what would be one of the year’s biggest listings. The company launched by ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Arrests Top Apple Daily Staff Using Security Law
Those arrested included Apple Daily Editor-in-Chief Ryan Law and Next Digital Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Cheung Kim-hung, as more than 100 police officers descended on the newspaper’s Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC, Standard Chartered say border reopening, finding talent key to their Greater Bay Area expansion plans
HSBC and Standard Chartered, which have announced big expansion plans in the Greater Bay Area, want cross-border travel restrictions to ease as they face headwinds from the pandemic. ( read original story ...)
HSBC debuts $53bn alternatives business unit
Leading brand for international independent financial advisers, wealth management professionals serving expatriate and cross-border clients worldwide. ( read original story ...)
500 Hong Kong police raid pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper and arrest senior staff
Apple Daily and its jailed owner Jimmy Lai have long been a thorn in Beijing's side with support for the Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and criticism of China's leaders. ( read original story ...)