Finance

FS Expects Unemployment Rate To Drop 'signficantly'

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday he was anticipating the upcoming unemployment rate to drop significantly as... Read more

US Stocks Surge, Undaunted By Flat Retail Data

Wall Street equities posted a solid rebound on Friday, recovering some ground after big losses earlier in the week, desp... Read more

Local Shares Snap Three-day Losing Streak

The Hong Kong benchmark headed north on Friday to end three consecutive days of losses, while a rebound on Wall Street h... Read more

Hong Kong Stocks Rally On Bargain Hunting

Hong Kong stocks started slightly higher on bargain-buying on Friday morning, tracking a rebound on Wall Street followin... Read more

US Flags Pro-active Trade Laws Against China

The United States needs new trade law tools to head off anti-competitive threats from China against key American high-te... Read more

Musk Slams Bitcoin's 'insane' Power Usage

Tesla boss Elon Musk on Thursday denounced the "insane" amount of energy used to produce bitcoin, doubling down on his s... Read more

US Stocks Bounce Back From Recent Selloff

Wall Street ended sharply higher at the close of a broad rally on Thursday, bouncing back from three straight days of se... Read more

Wholesale Price Data Adds To US Inflation Jitters

Wholesale price inflation in the United States surged 6.2 percent in April compared to the same month in 2020, the highe... Read more

Travel Bubble Delay Likely

There is a high chance that the travel bubble arrangement between Hong Kong and Singapore may not resume as scheduled... Read more

I&T Key To HK's Growth Potential

Major breakthroughs in economic development have always been led by technological breakthroughs. To name a few: steam ... Read more

Belt-Road Sharing Session Held

The Commerce & Economic Development Bureau, together with the State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration ... Read more

Real GDP Grows 7.9% In Q1

(To watch the full press conference with sign language interpretation, click here.)   The Hong Kong economy recovere... Read more

HK-Guangdong Conference Held

Chief Executive Carrie Lam and Guangdong Governor Ma Xingrui co-chaired the 22nd Plenary of the Hong Kong/Guangdong Co... Read more

Alibaba Posts Quarterly Operating Loss

China's top e-commerce platform Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Thursday posted its first quarterly operating loss since go... Read more

HSI Ends Sharply Lower As Tech Dumping Returns

Local and regional shares plummeted on Thursday, taking their cue from Wall Street where forecast-beating US inflation d... Read more