Finance

Supermarket Subsidies Approved

The Government today said applications for the second tranche of the Employment Support Scheme (ESS) from the two supe... Read more

Doubts Over Deal Cloud TikTok's US Future

US President Donald Trump on Monday threw into doubt a deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok, vo... Read more

HSI Tumbles As HSBC, StanChart Fall Heavily

Hong Kong shares fell on Monday, dragged by financials after reports said HSBC and Standard Chartered were among banks m... Read more

HSBC, StanChart Shares Drop On Illicit Fund Reports

Hong Kong-listed shares of HSBC and Standard Chartered dropped on Monday after media reports that they and other banks m... Read more

ByteDance To Own 80% Of TikTok's Global Arm

ByteDance said on Monday that TikTok's global business will become its subsidiary, even as Oracle Corp and Walmart said ... Read more

HSBC 'ignored Warnings On US$80mn Suspect Payments'

HSBC has been accused of allowing international payments to accounts at its Hong Kong office that were linked to a suspe... Read more

August Sees 0.4% Deflation

Overall consumer prices in August fell 0.4% year-on-year, less than the corresponding decrease of 2.3% in July, the Ce... Read more

Private Sector Jobs Dip 47%

Total private sector employment dropped 5.1% year-on-year in June while vacancies decreased 47%, the Census & Stat... Read more

Judge Halts Order To Remove WeChat From App Stores

A judge has blocked the US Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove Chinese-owne... Read more

Trump Says He Will Approve Oracle TikTok Deal

US President Donald Trump said he supports a deal that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, af... Read more

Beijing Sets Out Rules For 'unreliable Entities'

Beijing's commerce ministry on Saturday issued rules on its proposed list of "unreliable entities," part of an intensify... Read more

US Stocks End The Week With A Sell-off

US stocks fell on Friday as technology shares sold off for a third day in a row, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted... Read more

Canada Walks Away From Free Trade Talks With China

Canada has walked away from free trade talks with China amid soured relations over a Huawei executive's arrest and the d... Read more

Hong Kong Stocks End The Week With A Gain

Hong Kong and mainland stocks ended with gains on Friday, closing the week on an upbeat note, though traders remain conc... Read more

Hong Kong Stocks Regain Momentum After Dull Start

Hong Kong stocks went into the break on a positive note on Friday, though traders remained on edge over a lack of moveme... Read more