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Chindex International, Inc. to Present at Credit Suisse 12th Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

March 13, 2009 | TRAVEL

Chindex International, Inc. , a leading independent American provider of Western healthcare products and services in the People’s Republic of China, today announced that the Company will attend the Credit Suisse 12th Asian Investment Conference , to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong from March 24 – 27, 2009. (read more…)
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(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-12 11:11 Markit adds Hong Kong to provisional iTraxx indexes (Interactive Investor)

March 12, 2009 | NEWS

HONG KONG, March 12 (Reuters) – Information company Markit added the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the new iTraxx credit default swap indexes which cover Asia excluding Japan, as the city announced plans to issue more government bonds. Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tsang said last month the government may sell more bonds...
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VisionChina Media to Attend 12th Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

March 12, 2009 | NEWS

VisionChina Media Inc. , one of China’s largest out- of-home digital television advertising networks on mass transportation systems, today announced that the Company’s senior management team will attend the 12th Credit Suisse Asian Investment Conference in Hong Kong. (read the story…)
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UBS Hong Kong Team Joins Credit Suisse, Morning Post Reports (Bloomberg)

March 10, 2009 | NEWS

March 10 (Bloomberg) — UBS AG’s co-heads of equity derivatives based in Hong Kong and 10 employees quit to join Credit Suisse Group AG, the South China Morning Post said, without saying where it got the information. (read the story…)
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Beijing wants state press to be heard, and believed, around the world (The Malaysian Insider)

February 22, 2009 | NEWS

BEIJING, Feb 22 – At a time when media organisations the world over are battling falling revenues and axing jobs amid the global credit crunch, China is charging in the very opposite direction. Its target: To build its state press into a mega “media aircraft carrier” – chuan mei hang kong mu...
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Airport Authority Hong Kong Revives Plan to Sell Islamic Bonds (Bloomberg)

February 19, 2009 | FINANCE

Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — Airport Authority Hong Kong , which runs Asia’s third-busiest airfield, is reviving plans to sell Islamic bonds after the global credit crisis battered investors and curbed demand for Shariah-compliant debt. (read the rest of the story…)
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UPDATE 1-China money and credit growth rises sharply (The Forex Market)

February 12, 2009 | BUSINESS

BEIJING, Feb 12 (Reuters) – New lending surged at a record pace in January and money growth also perked up as Chinese banks heeded the government’s call to extend more credit to support the economy. (read on…)
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Lehman creditors in Hong Kong to be briefed (Financial Times)

February 9, 2009 | REAL ESTATE

Creditors of Lehman Brothers’ Hong Kong operations will be given their first chance to cross-examine liquidators of the entities this week as they seek to reclaim billions of dollars. (read the news…)
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Craig Stephen’s This Week in China: Hong Kong chief warns second wave of credit crisis may hit (Market Watch)

February 9, 2009 | BUSINESS

The head of Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority warns local legislators that Financial Tsunami Part II could soon hit Hong Kong and other Asian markets. (read on…)
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PCCW investors approve Richard Li’s buyout (National Post)

February 4, 2009 | OPPORTUNITY

PCCW Ltd. shareholders approved the HK$15.9-billion (US$2.05-billion) buyout offer led by Chinese-Canadian businessman Richard Li, allowing the-billionaire to take Hong Kong’s biggest phone company private after the stock slumped. (more…)
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