Category: BUSINESS

Joanne is an executive assistant at giant consulting firm McKinsey, but also volunteers as a Choose Chicago ... Magnificent Mile rounds out the experience. The mantra of the Hong Kong-based Peninsula chain for its Chicago property is Midwestern hospitality ... ( read original story ...)

He was based in Hong Kong for 17 years, where he served as the CEO of Cerberus ... earlier in his career, he was with McKinsey & Company. He speaks Mandarin and teaches corporate governance, private equity, U.S.-China relations, and innovation at the ... ( read original story ...)

McKinsey & Company projects that by 2025 ... is not too concerned about how his business would be greatly influenced by this development. “In places like Hong Kong, brick-and-mortar stores are so accessible,” he says. “It’s convenient for customers ... ( read original story ...)

Ogai began his career in asset management, and before joining Willis Towers Watson worked at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company ... Pacific outside of Japan and Australia. Based in Hong Kong, Bok will start in this newly created role on July ... ( read original story ...)

Here's why: Asia represents a big opportunity for music streamers, as only 14% of global digital music revenue comes from the region, according to McKinsey ... Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia is Tencent-owned Joox, and this is largely due to the ... ( read original story ...)

According to McKinsey estimate, digital banking users will be around ... Over the past seven years, contactless payments have grown in Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. For instance, in Australia, over 60 per cent of all face-to ... ( read original story ...)

SHANGHAI – Thunder Power, a Hong Kong-based electric-vehicle startup, proclaims an ambitious goal: to make the most desirable EV in China. “An obvious difference between us and (U.S. EV maker) Tesla is we have the key technologies before actually ... ( read original story ...)

The longest-running and most recognised business awards programme in Hong Kong, the DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards kicked off its 2017 campaign on Monday. There will be nine award categories this year – Business Person of the Year, Executive, Owner ... ( read original story ...)

... tales of elephant poaching at a public hearing in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the latest attempt to halt wildlife trafficking through the Chinese-ruled city, as ivory traders defended their business. Hong Kong, at the mouth of China's Pearl River Delta ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong stocks are expected to open lower on Tuesday morning as futures in the city traded lower after the US market retreated from record highs reached late last week. Hang Seng Index futures were down 0.12 per cent or 30 points to 25,635 in the pre ... ( read original story ...)

As housing prices continue to soar in Hong Kong, some residents are taking anything they can get — even if that means living in a so-called "coffin home." At least 200,000 people live in these homes, which measure just 4'x6' and sit stacked one top of ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong shares closed lower on Monday, as investors moved to the sidelines following sharp gains the prior week, while the coal sector advanced amid merger talks between two major Chinese energy giants. Analysts also cited concerns over the latest round ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong market is likely to open higher Monday, tracking Wall Street which hit a record high on Friday. Hang Seng Index futures dropped 0.04 per cent, or 11 points to 25,702 in the pre-trade session on Monday morning, while Hang Seng China ... ( read original story ...)

International companies that have raised capital on Hong Kong’s stock exchange should also be available to mainland Chinese investors under the city’s so-called Stock Connect schemes, said the Securities & Futures Commission’s chairman Carlson Tong ... ( read original story ...)