Finance

MTR Opens New Line In Australia

The MTR Corporation on Sunday opened Sydney's first privately-operated railway line. The 36 km Metro North West Line ... Read more

Warrants Approved For Samsung Executives

A South Korean court on Saturday approved arrest warrants for two vice presidents of Samsung Electronics over an account... Read more

Novartis Gets Approval For Most Expensive Drug

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis on Friday announced it had received US regulatory approval for a gene therapy that... Read more

Dow Jones Suffers 5th Straight Weekly Loss

Wall Street stocks finished another down week on a positive note on Friday, climbing ahead of a holiday weekend despite ... Read more

HSI Edges Up Despite Asian Market Gloom

Shares finished with a slight gain on Friday, bringing another tough week to a close but investors remain on edge owing ... Read more

HSI Edges Up, But Asian Markets Remain Sluggish

Hong Kong stocks ended Friday's morning session with minor gains but sentiment was clouded by uncertainty over the incre... Read more

Wall Street Extends Losses On Trade Worries

US stocks sank further on Thursday as bellicose trade rhetoric persisted between Washington and Beijing. Investors al... Read more

Edward Yau Attends WTO Meet

Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Edward Yau attended the Organisation for Economic Co-operation &... Read more

Govt Promoting Cruise Tourism

Ship calls to Hong Kong are buoyant. They've increased from less than 100 in 2009 to 210 in 2018, while passenger thro... Read more

Hong Kong And Shanghai Stocks Slump, Mumbai Soars

Shares tumbled in Hong Kong and Shanghai on Thursday as traders fret about growing tensions between China and the US, wi... Read more

David Li Passes BEA Reins To His Sons

Veteran banker David Li will step down as chief executive of the Bank of East Asia at the end of this month, passing the... Read more

Hang Seng Index Slides, Tech Sector Shares Slump

Hong Kong shares tumbled on Thursday morning following a sell-off on Wall Street, with energy and tech firms among the b... Read more

Wall Street Slides On Tech Woe, Trade Fears

US stocks fell back into the red on Wednesday, putting equities down for three of the last four sessions as investors re... Read more

April Inflation Up 2.9%

Overall consumer prices rose 2.9% year-on-year in April, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.   Ne... Read more

Expect Long Trade War, Wang Yang Tells HK Firms

The head of the nation's top political advisory body has told a delegation of business leaders from Hong Kong to dig in ... Read more