China issued its highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Super Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other ...
Hong Kong July retail sales up 16.5%, boosted by tourism revival
Hong Kong's July retail sales rose 16.5% from a year earlier in the eighth consecutive month of growth helped by an increase in visitor arrivals and positive consumption sentiment, the city government ...
‘Altcoins’ Central to Hong Kong Crypto Firm Hashkey’s First Liquid Fund
The Hong Kong government has made a push to embrace crypto and fill market demand for alternative assets, with the Asian financial hub promoting the development of web3, a version of the internet that ...
Hong Kong’s life insurance sales to Chinese visitors return to pre-Covid levels as weaker yuan, rate gap drive the search for yield
Life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors hit HK$31.9 billion (US$4 billion) in the first half versus HK$540 million a year earlier, as they sought refuge in the city’s diverse products amid a ...
Hong Kong’s life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors return to pre-Covid levels as weaker yuan, rate gap drive the search for yield
Life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors hit HK$31.9 billion (US$4 billion) in the six months to June versus HK$540 million a year earlier Overall new life insurance sales in Hong Kong rose ...
The 40-year mortgage is an indictment of Britain’s failing property market
Is there nothing HSBC won’t do in the name of making the world a better place? From the bank that became a money-laundering hub for Mexican drug cartels and has recently been accused by MPs of ...
Country Garden: Debt crisis-hit China property giant in record loss
Country Garden, one of China's biggest property developers, has become the latest real estate giant to warn that it could default on its debts. This came as the crisis-hit company reported a record $6 ...
Hong Kong Warns Saola May Disrupt Trading as City Braces for Super Typhoon
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong warned it may effectively shut down the city, including its $5 trillion stock market, on Friday because of Super Typhoon Saola, which is approaching the financial hub after ...
Typhoon Saola: China issues highest warning as storm approaches Hong Kong and Guangdong
Winds reaching 209km/h recorded as major train lines suspended ahead of typhoon’s expected arrival on Friday ...
China issues highest typhoon warning as Saola moves toward Hong Kong
China issued the highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Typhoon Saola crawled closer to the southeastern coastline.
Chinese Steel Platform ZG Group to Go Public in Hong Kong’s First SPAC Merger
By Dave Sebastian ZG Group, which operates a website for steel transactions, has agreed to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition ...
Super Typhoon Saola: Hong Kong issues cyclone warning; may disrupt trading, schools likely to remain shut. Top updates
Hong Kong may shut down including its stock market due to approaching Super Typhoon Saola. China has also issued highest typhoon warning.
Hong Kong stocks advance as persistent slump in Chinese manufacturing spurs bets on bigger policy response
Stocks advance, limiting a decline in August, on bets China will do something more drastic to arrest a slump in manufacturing. The economy is in need of a stronger stimulus tonic, economists have said ...
Bank of China first-half profit rises 0.8%
Bank of China (BoC) , the country's fourth-largest bank by assets, reported on Wednesday a 0.78% increase in net profit for the first half of this year. Profit was 120.1 billion yuan ($16.46 billion) ...