Meet Kevin Ma, whose website Hypebeast began as a sneaker blog, but now gets up to 3 million visitors per month. Kevin Ma is the founder and editor of Hypebeast , an online magazine covering fashion, culture, design, and many other topics. Ma runs the site with his staff out of their Hong Kong...
Hong Kong Airlines was under pressure Sunday to stop its live dolphin cargo business after an internal memo describing a recent delivery from Japan to Vietnam was leaked to Chinese media. (read on…) Related items Hong Kong Airlines criticised over dolphin cargo Cathay Pacific 2011 net profit plunges 61% BofA names Koder Asia-Pacific president,...
LONDON (Reuters) – Prudential, Britain's biggest insurer, is considering moving its headquarters from London to Hong Kong to escape tough new capital rules for European insurers, the Sunday Times reported. Prudential is concerned a conflict between Europe's Solvency II regime and U.S. insurance regulations could force it to hold billions of pounds of extra...
THE economy held up pretty well in the fourth quarter of 2011 and was largely in line with expectations for the full-year as gross domestic product (GDP) data released recently shows. (read on…) Related items Billionaire Chus Look To Make A Mark Beyond Hong Kong Research and Markets: Hong Kong Retail Report Q1 2012...
I spoke recently with designer Vivienne Tam about how China influences her work. You can read the story in the Feb. 27 issue of Forbes magazine. Here is a longer version of our conversation. (read on…) Related items Hong Kong In Transition: The Old Guard Is Losing Some Control Sotheby's Hong Kong presents a...
The frontrunner to become Hong Kong?s next top leader, backed by both Beijing and the city?s business elite, is now facing a growing outcry from the public urging him to quit the race. Henry Tang?s latest attempt to sidestep responsibility for wrongdoing, this time over an extravagant but illegal wine cellar in one of...
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HONG KONG, February 24, 2012 (AFP) – Hong Kong pro-democracy activists on Friday demanded an investigation into Chief Executive Donald Tsang's jaunt on a luxury yacht belonging to a business tycoon in the gambling hub of Macau. (read on…) Related items Hong Kong In Transition: The Old Guard Is Losing Some Control Hong Kong...
* Thai results come in better than expected after flooding * Margins "very high," driven by Hong Kong and Thailand * CEO remains mum on possible acquisition of ING's Asia ops * Shares up 3 pct to 6-mth high, outperform broad market Feb 24 (Reuters) – AIA Group Ltd, Asia'sNo.3 insurer, reported a 40...
* Thai results come in better than expected after flooding * Margins "very high," driven by Hong Kong and Thailand * CEO remains mum on possible acquisition of ING's Asia ops By Clare Baldwin … (read on…) Related items UPDATE 4-AIA results beat expectations, shares hit 6-mth high UPDATE 1-Goldman-linked $13 bln hedge fund...
