Hong Kong's stock exchange reported its second quarterly profit decline as China's widening crackdown on a broad range of sectors roiled markets and delayed major initial public offerings (IPOs).. ( read original story ...)
HKEX profit falls 3 per cent in third quarter profit as IPOs slump on China crackdown
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing posts net profit of HK$3.25 billion (US$417.9 million) for the July to September period, compared with HK$3.34 billion a year ago ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC sees opportunity in beaten down Chinese stocks
Investors have been cautious toward Chinese stocks amid Beijing's ongoing regulatory crackdown as well as contagion fears stemming from China Evergrande. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules with hope that China reopens
HONG KONG >> Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China’s policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to Tighten Its Strict Quarantine Rules
Carrie Lam, the city’s chief executive, said Hong Kong planned to strengthen its quarantine requirements in an effort to allow residents to travel to mainland China without quarantining. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong to further tighten Covid travel restrictions, despite business warnings and low no. of infections
Hong Kong will tighten coronavirus travel restrictions to bring it more into line with the Chinese mainland, its leader said Tuesday, as the city extended its streak of more than two months without a ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leads Asia lower as US ban on China Telecom fans tensions
Hong Kong led most Asian markets lower Wednesday with tech firms in the firing line after China Telecom was banned from the United States, adding to already fraught tensions between the superpowers as ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing short video ad agency backed by ByteDance and Xiaomi files for IPO in Hong Kong
Uju’s three per cent share in China’s online short video marketing market – niche but expanding rapidly – makes it the second-biggest player in the field ... ( read original story ...)
Open banking startup Finverse wants to build the Asia-Pacific region’s Plaid
Based in Hong Kong, Finverse’s ambitious goal is to enable open banking throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The startup recently came out of stealth mode with $1.8 million in seed funding, and is now ... ( read original story ...)
Can Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing, the tycoon dubbed ‘superman’, save the planet with ‘edible plastic’, seaweed food cartons?
Li’s Horizons Ventures says its investments in sustainability projects from ‘edible plastic’ to animal-free leather can soon be scaled up to production level and make a real impact on the global ... ( read original story ...)
This NY Startup Has A Biomaterial Solution For Leather. It Just Got $550K To Scale It.
Bucha Bio, the New York startup growing sustainable biomaterials from renewable bacterial-nanocellulose, has secured funding to scale up. ( read original story ...)
HKEX May Post Another Quarterly Profit Drop as Major IPOs Wane
Hong Kong’s stock exchange is poised to report its second quarterly profit decline as China’s widening crackdown on a broad range of sectors roiled markets and delayed major initial public offerings. ( read original story ...)
This French Startup Makes Vegan Seafood From Algae and Got A €2M Grant For It
Algama Foods, a French startup harnessing the power of algae and microalgae to ... she is always looking into the latest climate stories in Hong Kong and beyond. A long-time vegan, she also hopes to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong ‘Captain America’ activist 2nd to be convicted under nat’l security law
An activist in Hong Kong known as "Captain America," for holding the superhero's shield during protests, has become the second person to be convicted under China's controversial national security law. ( read original story ...)