Tag: finance

The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in two straight sessions, dropping more than 250 points or 1 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 23,130-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)

As Beijing moved ahead with a national security law for Hong Kong, some of the hundreds of thousands of professionals working at the local units of Chinese financial firms could find themselves stuck ... ( read original story ...)

The US is due to re-evaluate its special treatment for Hong Kong in response to China's recent moves in the financial center. Both countries stand to lose. ( read original story ...)

Trump administration warned Beijing's adoption of new laws in Hong Kong would bring "significant consequences." But China never flinched. ( read original story ...)

Let's talk about the popular China Construction Bank Corporation (HKG:939). The company's shares received a lot ... ( read original story ...)

The Russian rouble was steady against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as support measures from the central bank offset low oil prices and the end of a tax period that generally buttresses the currency. ( read original story ...)

Scrapping the privileges the U.S. affords Hong Kong would downgrade the city’s economic role, but a broader basket of financial sanctions could be even more painful for China. ( read original story ...)

Asian equities struggles for clear direction as economic hopes confront US-China tension. The US passes the bill to levy fresh sanctions on China, officially term Hong Kong “not autonomous.” China ... ( read original story ...)

Shares rose in Tokyo and Sydney, but fell in China and Hong Kong, where tensions are flaring over Beijing’s effort to exert more control over the ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress on Wednesday that Hong Kong was no longer autonomous from China, raising questions over the special administrative region's favorable trade ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy advocates called on President Donald Trump to hit China hard, even to the point of revoking the city’s special trading status, over Beijing’s plan to impose ... ( read original story ...)

The Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday wrote a finish to the two-day winning streak in which it had gathered more than 450 points or 2 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the ... ( read original story ...)

The fear is that the proposed law would also allow for Beijing to set up its own agency in the city to supervise and direct the local government in enforcing the measures. ( read original story ...)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Hong Kong to be no longer autonomous from China Wednesday, a move that further increases U.S.-China tensions ... ( read original story ...)