Category: BUSINESS

Stocks opened flat on Monday after President Donald Trump signed several executive orders aimed at extending coronavirus relief. ( read original story ...)

Lai, a former billionaire and outspoken critic of Beijing, is the most high profile figure to be arrested since the law was passed in June. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai became the highest-profile arrest under a new national security law on Monday, detained over suspected collusion with foreign forces as around 200 police searched the ... ( read original story ...)

China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including legislators on Monday in response to the U.S. imposition of sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political ... ( read original story ...)

A visit by the Health Secretary to Taiwan and potentially severe restrictions on the use of WeChat by American companies and their counterparts follow on measures to sanction officials in Hong Kong, ... ( read original story ...)

CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports a developing story out of Hong Kong where police have arrested outspoken Beijing critic Jimmy Lai and his sons in the highest profile use of the new national security law. ( read original story ...)

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai is detained under national security law after Hong Kong police raid Apple Daily office in Hong Kong, China in this still picture taken frpm a social media video August 10, 2020. ( read original story ...)

Beijing-based ByteDance, the owner of global short video hit TikTok, is taking steps to move into the online stock brokerage and wealth management business in Hong Kong, trademark registration ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was arrested Monday, Aug. 10, under China's national security law over suspected collusion with a foreign nation. Hong Kong police also conducted ... ( read original story ...)

China said it would apply sanctions against 11 U.S. citizens including officials from Monday in response to Washington's move on Friday to impose sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials whom ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s health ministry announces it has tested all the country’s 300,000 migrant workers living in dormitories. One in three US children admitted to hospital with Covid-19 requires intensive care ... ( read original story ...)

Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists, was arrested on Monday for suspected collusion with foreign forces under the national security law, in what is the highest profile ... ( read original story ...)

Currency markets began the week in a muted fashion and stocks looked set to open mixed, with investors weighing uncertainty over the prospects for more U.S. stimulus. ( read original story ...)

Under Washington’s measures, the US-based assets of 11 officials serving Hong Kong are frozen, Americans and firms barred from dealing with them. ( read original story ...)