Property investment growth in Shanghaislowed in the first half of this year amid intense competition among developers for new land parcels in mainland China’s commercial capital, fuelling worries about a short supply of new homes.
Confidence gauge pinpoints China’s cooling economy, policy tightening by the Fed, and the yuan’s continued depreciation as key risk factors over next six months
International Business Machines Corp's quarterly revenue beat analysts' expectations as the company's shift to high-growth areas such as cloud-based services begins to yield results.
Overcapacity in coal and steel sectors, as well as declining agricultural prices, taking toll on salaries, National Bureau of Statistics says
China Mobile’s stake sale, which will raise US$48 million, viewed as normal divestment, according to analyst
China renewed an orange alert for extreme weather as Typhoon Nepartak made landfall early on Friday in eastern Taiwan, bringing strong gusts and downpours to the area.
Hong Kong stocks are expected to open lower Wednesday, as the Hang Seng Index futures July contract fell 0.4 per cent or 85 points to 20,640 in the pre-opening session.
The Chinese yuan continued its slide on Wednesday morning after the Chinese central bank fixed the currency at a fresh five and a half year low against the US dollar, while the British pound skidded to a new 31-year low versus the greenback on renewed concerns about the Brexit fallout.
Chinese people are likely to be on gold investment fever again as international gold prices have rebounded. The country has consumed 318.28 tons of gold in the first quarter.
In the latest and most dramatic step by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to diversify the overwhelmingly white and male institution, 683 industry professionals were invited Wednesday to join the nearly 90-year-old organisation.
The verdict, which triggered a freefall of the British pound and turmoil on world markets, is a shocking turnaround after most polls had suggested Britons wanted to stay in the EU.
Hong Kong’s banking regulator has expressed concern over the ultra-accommodative financing schemes offered by some Hong Kong developers to entice home buyers, saying that it is studying whether controls are needed to help offset credit risk.
India announced on Monday sweeping reforms to rules on foreign direct investment, opening up its defence and civil aviation sectors to complete outside ownership and clearing the way for Apple to open stores in the country.
With hotels 97pc full despite near doubling of rooms since 2009 and Airbnb taking 30,000 bookings, enterprising locals are asking as much as HK$18,000 a night for use of their homes
China's Hong Kong has become the world's most expensive office market due to lack of space in prime areas and stronger demand from the mainland financial firms, according to a recent report released by leading commercial property and real estate services adviser CBRE.
Economist Intelligence Unit report commissioned by newly launched Yidan Prize Foundation stresses need to integrate technology in classrooms, and prioritise vocational training and adaptability
The city has nurtured more workers with a university degree in the past two decades, but less than half of them could take up top managerial and professional jobs and they made less money than older graduates, research from the Legislative Council secretariat has found.
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