Amber Group — a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency trading firm founded by Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) traders turned into a unicorn. What Happened: According to a Monday Bloomberg report, Amber Group ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily Poised for Closure Following Arrests, Asset Freeze
Hong Kong’s most-read newspaper and the territory’s leading opposition voice, may end all its operations by the end of this week. Local authorities and the city’s new Security ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Full Truck Climbs in Debut After $1.6 Billion IPO
Full Truck Alliance Co., an Uber-like trucking startup, rose 13% in its trading debut after raising $1.6 billion in one of the year’s biggest U.S. initial public offerings by a Chinese company.The ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s ‘Apple Daily’ paper to shut down
Watch "Hong Kong's 'Apple Daily' paper to shut down", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong pro-Beijing legislators intervene in judicial appointment
Pro-Beijing legislators have successfully intervened for the first time in a senior judicial appointment in Hong Kong, in what lawyers said was the latest attack on the city’s cherished independent ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: antibody testing triggers industry calls for Hong Kong to expand quarantine exemptions to more business sectors
Industry leaders say antibody screening supports the expansion of quarantine exemptions for financial executives to other sectors. ( read original story ...)
China’s Full Truck Climbs in U.S. Debut After $1.6 Billion IPO
Full Truck Alliance Co., an Uber-like trucking startup, rose as much as 20% in its trading debut after raising $1.6 billion in one of the year’s biggest U.S. initial public offerings by a Chinese ... ( read original story ...)
No jury as Hong Kong’s first ‘national security’ trial gets under way
The first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law begins Wednesday without a jury, a landmark moment for the financial hub's fast-changing legal traditions. Tong Ying-kit, 24, was arrested ... ( read original story ...)
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s Consultation: Conclusions on the Main Board Profit Requirement
The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the Exchange) published conclusions (Consultation Conclusions) to its consultation paper on 27 November 2020 (the Consultation Paper). The ... ( read original story ...)
HSBC apologises after Hong Kong customers left worried they might not be able to use online banking services overseas
Banking giant later sought to pacify concerned clients, saying they could continue to access its banking services outside the city. ( read original story ...)
American Lawyer Jailed For Breaking Up Fight During Hong Kong Protest
An American lawyer in Hong Kong was convicted of assaulting a police officer after attempting to break up an altercation he witnessed on the subway two years ago. Under a new national security law, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily shuts down
Watch "Hong Kong's Apple Daily shuts down", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News reporting. ( read original story ...)
Nasdaq 100 Rebounds as Tapering Fears Ease, Hang Seng and ASX 200 Climb
NASDAQ 100, HANG SENG INDEX, ASX 200 INDEX OUTLOOK: Dow Jones , S & P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes closed +1.76%, +1.40% and +0.62% respectively ; Cyclical-linked ... ( read original story ...)
As Apple Daily grinds to a halt, China snuffs the last light of a free press in Hong Kong
Beijing has hated the Apple Daily for years. Now, thanks to a "security" law enacted last year, China appears to have exactly the "tool to silence dissent" that it was lacking. ( read original story ...)