Hong Kong police dispersed groups of protesters on Sunday, preventing them from gathering and marching through the Kowloon district. ( read original story ...)
UBS seeks China digital bank licence as part of plan to turbocharge growth and slash costs
Swiss bank UBS aims to create a digital banking platform that could slash costs and spur growth, but its plan hinges on securing a licence in mainland China to kick-start the project.Edmund Koh, who ... ( read original story ...)
Riot police chase Hong Kong Mother’s Day protesters
Riot police chased protesters through Hong Kong shopping malls on Sunday as democracy activists launched Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and the city's unpopular leader to ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong protests: hundreds gather in shopping malls across city to chant slogans, stage singalongs
Hundreds of protesters gathered in at least 10 shopping malls across Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon to chant slogans and sing the anthem of the anti-government movement, Glory to Hong Kong. Earlier in ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong swelters on Mother’s Day as temperature hits half-century high
Hong Kong is sweltering on its hottest Mother's Day in more than half a century, with the mercury hitting 32.2 degrees Celsius and triggering this year's first "very hot weather warning". The ... ( read original story ...)
Kingsoft Cloud Jumps in First Big U.S. IPO Since Luckin Fall
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd. rose 40% in the first major trading debut by a Chinese company since the accounting scandal at Luckin Coffee Inc. ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong records at least one new imported Covid-19 case on Sunday
Hong Kong recorded at least one new imported coronavirus infection on Sunday, ending a string of three days with no reported infections. The tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases now moves to at least ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Just Missed EPS By 18%: Here’s What Analysts Think Will Happen Next
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited just released its latest quarterly report and things are not looking great. It wasn't a great result overall - while revenue fell marginal ... ( read original story ...)
3 Days Left Until Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (HKG:1578) Trades Ex-Dividend
Readers hoping to buy Bank of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (HKG:1578) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Lawmakers Physically Fight for Control of Chair of Key Committee
It's the latest sign that tensions over Beijing's role in the in the former British colony are rising once again ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong has lost out on rich people’s fresh funds to Singapore so far this year, existing deposits stay put, UBS says
As Asia’s rich contemplate where to place their nest eggs, most have overwhelmingly chosen Singapore over rival international financial centre Hong Kong so far this year, according to the region’s ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s Bourse Co-Head of IPO Vetting Lin Shi Resigns
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.’s co-head of initial public offering vetting, Lin Shi, resigned, according to an internal memo. ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – China’s big banks socially distance from economy
Big Chinese banks are a bit too socially distant from their own virus-stricken economy. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China – the world’s largest lender by assets – and its hulking peers grew ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus: Hong Kong start-ups that raced to make masks relook plans, as government announces handouts for all households
After almost three months of hectic preparation, Denis Huen Yin-fan’s Hong Kong factory started delivering masks to customers last week to help protect them against the to all households, free of ... ( read original story ...)