Bank of the Ozarks added $1.09 ... Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5 per cent , while South Korea's Kospi sank 1.1 per cent . Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.7 per cent . Energy futures rose. Benchmark U.S. crude gained 72 cents ... ( read original story ...)
Global shares lower as investors await Fed chair's speech
U.S. jobless claims fell to the lowest level in decades last week, strengthening the belief that the central bank is moving closer to achieving ... Korea's Kospi sank 1.1 percent to 2,078.75. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.7 percent to 23,552.72 ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Group to Pay Record $2.2 Billion for Hong Kong Land
... increase in the Hang Seng Index. To contact the reporter on this story: Frederik Balfour in Hong Kong at fbalfour@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam at sbhaktavatsa@bloomberg.net, Darren Boey ( read original story ...)
US stocks dip as banks and energy companies fall
Wells Fargo slipped $1.10, or 1.9 per cent, to $57.39 and Bank of America fell 49 cents ... 225 lost 0.5 per cent and South Korea's Kospi fell 0.6 per cent. The Hang Seng of Hong Kong fell 0.5 per cent. ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks advance ahead of Trump speech, China congress
Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.1 percent to 23,899.76 while the Shanghai Composite index in mainland China climbed 0.2 percent to 3,235.23. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.2 percent to 5,712.20. BIG SPEECH: Investors are hoping Trump's first speech to a ... ( read original story ...)
World stocks edge higher before Trump speech, China congress
Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.8 percent to 23,740.73 while the Shanghai Composite index in mainland China climbed 0.4 percent to 3,241.73. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.2 percent to 5,712.20. CURRENCIES: The dollar slipped to 112.31 yen from Monday's 112 ... ( read original story ...)
China Unicom Global Launches “CUniq” MVNO Business in America
HONG KONG, March 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – On March 3, 2017, China Unicom Global Limited (“CUG“) launched “CUniq” mobile virtual network operator (“MVNO“) business in America, marking another milestone of CUG’s MVNO services development in ... ( read original story ...)
Bill Brooks: Chinese New Year Gala celebrates Year of the Rooster
Hosted by the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (HKCBA), Calgary Section, highlights of the SRO gala were numerous indeed including: a champagne reception, courtesy of Stikeman Elliott; a sumptuous 10-course meal; remarks from myriad politicians and ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong group urges parents, teachers to work harder to close gender gap in STEM subjects
Parents, schools, businesses and the Hong Kong government must work harder to promote science and mathematics to girls to close the gender gap in education, a leading women’s campaign group has urged. New research suggests gender stereotyping ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong chief executive hopeful Carrie Lam makes U-turn on proposed religious affairs unit
Hong Kong chief executive hopeful Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has backtracked on a proposal in her election manifesto to set up a religious affairs unit after the “resolute opposition” expressed by the local Catholic diocese which fears restrictions ... ( read original story ...)
BOC Hong Kong : Chinese bank restructures Cambodian operations
Bank of China (BOC), one of the five biggest state-owned commercial banks in China, announced yesterday that it will restructure its Cambodia operations away from the parent company by selling the assets to BOC Hong Kong for $171 million in two separate ... ( read original story ...)
Regina Ip takes aim at Hong Kong chief executive front runner Carrie Lam’s campaign
A candidate who failed to officially join the Hong Kong chief executive election launched a veiled attack on front runner Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Saturday, dismissing her campaign as “shallow”, “insincere” and a “facade”. Regina Ip Lau ... ( read original story ...)
Three Hong Kong chief executive candidates confirmed for debate at HKU
Hong Kong’s three chief executive candidates will attend a debate hosted by a local teachers’ union in the run-up to the election for the city’s highest office. The debate is to be held at a moot courtroom in Cheng Yu Tung Tower at the University of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong kids suffer in silence as cyberbullying contributes to youth suicide spike
Since the beginning of February this year, at least six Hong Kong schoolchildren have taken their own lives. And on February 28, a 19-year-old Japanese man with a Hong Kong ID card was found dead in a suspected hanging at an apartment building in the Mid ... ( read original story ...)