Finance

Open Office Space For HSBC Bosses, Staff

Banking giant HSBC has axed the plush executive floor at its London headquarters, forcing top brass to share office spac... Read more

HSI Shakes Off US Tech Slump To End Higher

Hong Kong shares eked out small gains while their peers in the region finished mixed on Tuesday following a negative lea... Read more

US Markets End Down; Investors Eye Earnings

US stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week's record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quar... Read more

Union Cries Foul, Wants Another Amazon Vote

The organizers of a failed unionization drive at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama said on Monday it had petitioned for a n... Read more

CE Attends Boao Forum

Chief Executive Carrie Lam attended the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in Hainan and held a number of bila... Read more

Hang Seng Index Rises On Cautious Optimism

Local shares narrowed gains but managed a positive finish on Monday, with investors optimistic that the US economic reco... Read more

ABN To Settle Money Laundering Probe For US$574m

Dutch bank ABN Amro on Monday said it had reached a 480-million-euro (US$574 million) settlement with prosecutors in the... Read more

Dow, S&P 500 Again End At Records

Wall Street saw no reason to stop rallying as the US economy pulls out of its downturn, lifting the Dow and S&P 500 ... Read more

US Homebuilding Rebounds Sharply In March

American homebuilders got back to work in earnest last month after bad weather slowed construction in February, as new h... Read more

Afternoon Rally Drives Local Shares To Positive End

The Hong Kong market flipped between gains and losses during the morning but found direction later in the day to finish ... Read more

Mainland GDP Rises A Record 18.3 Pct

China's economy grew at a record pace in the first quarter, official data showed on Friday, expanding 18.3 percent from ... Read more

Dow Closes Above 34,000 For First Time On Earnings

The Dow industrials closed above 34,000 for the first time on Thursday as the blue-chip benchmark and S&P 500 posted... Read more

CE To Attend Boao Forum

Chief Executive Carrie Lam will visit Hainan from April 18 to 21 to attend the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2... Read more

Citigroup Puts Focus On HK; Shuns Mainland, Taiwan

Citigroup announced on Thursday it will exit 13 international consumer banking markets, shifting its focus to wealth man... Read more

Mainland Shares Pull Hong Kong Market Lower

The Hang Seng Index ended Thursday in the red, as the mainland market underperformed on policy tightening concerns. T... Read more