Finance

HK, Shanghai End A Bruising Week With Gains

Hong Kong stocks finished a painful week on a positive note on Friday but investors remain on edge about a possible trad... Read more

Hong Kong Slips Again, Mainland Markets Rise

Hong Kong stocks finished the morning session in negative territory on Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street owing ... Read more

EU Trade War With US Heats Up

European Union tariffs have come into effect on a range of iconic US products - including bourbon, jeans and motorcycle... Read more

US Stocks Roiled By Sino-US Trade War Fears

US stocks closed lower again as trade war fears continued to cast a pall over sentiment. The Dow fell for an eighth ... Read more

Sino-US Trade Woes Cast Pall Over German Carmakers

Germany’s Daimler cut its 2018 profit forecast and BMW said it was looking at “strategic options” because of a tra... Read more

Xi Warns Foreign CEOs Over Protectionism

President Xi Jinping on Thursday lambasted "protectionism, isolationism and populism" and again vowed to open up Asia's ... Read more

Xiaomi's Mega IPO To Start In HK On Monday

Mainland smartphone maker Xiaomi will open its share sale on Monday in Hong Kong. Xiaomi, which also makes internet-c... Read more

HK, Mainland Stocks Fall As Trade War Fears Return

Hong Kong and mainland stock markets ended more than 1 percent down on Thursday as nagging worries about a China-US trad... Read more

HK, Mainland Shares Slip Into The Red Again

Hong Kong stocks reversed early gains to end the morning session in negative territory on Thursday as investors fret tha... Read more

Disney Ups Bid For 21st Century Fox To US$71.3 Bn

Disney raised its offer for key assets of 21st Century Fox on Wednesday to US$71.3 billion to counter a rival bid from C... Read more

Nasdaq Hits Record But Dow Jones Slips Again

The Nasdaq jumped to a fresh record on Wednesday, boosted by tech and media shares, while the Dow continued to be weighe... Read more

Alert Issued On Bogus Websites

The Monetary Authority issued an alert today on four fake websites claiming to be linked to Bank of China (Hong Kong).... Read more

May Inflation Up 2.1%

Consumer prices rose by 2.1% year-on-year in May, the Census & Statistics Department said today.   Netting out ef... Read more

CE Promotes HK In France

Chief Executive Carrie Lam continued her European visit in Paris yesterday by attending seminars and visiting organisa... Read more

HK Has Vital Belt-Road Role

I'm here this afternoon to speak about the promise of the Belt & Road Initiative, that far-reaching plan built on ... Read more