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UK trade minister heads to Taiwan for talks, sparks China rebuke
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
Trade Policy Minister Greg Hands will co-host annual talks and meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during his two-day visit, the Department for Internati...
Vast Hong Kong villa development plot sold to cover Evergrande debts
Nov 07, 2022 (AFP)
The undeveloped plot in the border district of Yuen Long was sold for nearly $637 million, with Evergrande saying it expected to record a loss of approximately ...
Germany's Scholz seeks closer ties in China visit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen the world's number two economy largely close its border...
German leader calls for equal trade ties in controversial China summit
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz is under pressure to push Beijing to get tough on Russia over the war in Ukraine, and he said Friday that Germany and China had agreed they both opposed ...
Most Asian markets rise as China hopes boost Hong Kong
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Fed boss Jerome Powell's pushback against expectations of a softer approach to monetary tightening sent shivers through trading floors and ramped up fears of a ...
Stocks, oil prices rally on China hopes
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Equities also got a boost from the latest US jobs data, which showed that hiring remained resilient and wages continued to rise, though at a slower pace, raisin...
Germany wrestles with economic dependence on China
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
- Massive exposure - The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the upheaval caused in Germany by breaking off economic ties with Moscow has cast a new light on Berlin...
Asia joins Wall St plunge as Powell wrecks Fed pivot hopes
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Equities have rallied for more than a week on speculation the US central bank would join others in tamping down its monetary-tightening campaign as the economy ...
Starbucks reports record sales but lower profits on weak China
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Comparable sales surged at the coffee chain's North American shops, lifted by a 10 percent increase in average ticket size following price hikes and a slight up...
Asian markets mixed as US data tempers Fed hopes
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong led gainers -- extending the previous day's surge -- as traders remain hopeful China could begin rolling back its economically painful zero-Covid poli...
Top Chinese regulator urges investors to avoid foreign news
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
The advice was made by Fang Xinghai, vice chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, in a pre-recorded interview that was broadcast to a summit being h...
Markets extend rally, China zero-Covid hopes boost Hong Kong
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong led the rally with Shanghai following unconfirmed posts on Chinese social media saying officials were putting together a committee to discuss how to m...
Wall Street chiefs share stage with Hong Kong's sanctioned leader as bankers give mixed views
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Hong Kong is hosting a week of high profile events after lifting years of pandemic travel curbs that tarnished the city's business-friendly reputation, sparked ...
UK's Ocado announces tie-up with S.Korea's Lotte
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Ocado's stock surged more than 30 percent in morning trade on the London Stock Exchange after the announcement. The two firms said in a joint statement that the...
Germany's Scholz set for high-stakes China visit
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
Scholz, accompanied by a delegation of business executives, will be the first European Union leader to visit the world's second-biggest economy since 2019. Duri...
Markets boosted by rate hopes ahead of Fed decision
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
A sense of relief has settled on trading floors over the past week following a report that the US central bank could take its foot off the accelerator in its pu...
China to ease mainland residents' travel to gambling hub Macau
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Macau is the only place in China where casinos are legal and the former Portuguese colony once dwarfed even Las Vegas for the scale of bets placed every month. ...
Record plunge in China property giant's stock after chair quits
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Longfor's equities plummeted by as much as 45 percent on Monday morning, before rallying to close down 23.8 percent at HK$10 ($1.27) per share. The plunge -- th...
China's factory activity contracts on Covid curbs
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key gauge of manufacturing in the world's second-biggest economy -- came in at 49.2, down from September's 50.1 and be...
China's Xi says ready to take Brazil ties 'to new level' after Lula election
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
"I am willing to work with president-elect Lula to make joint plans from a strategic height and long-term perspective, and take the China-Brazil comprehensive s...
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