Finance

Beijing Says Edging Closer To Trade Deal With EU

Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday in Paris that a China-EU investment deal could be reached by the end of the year... Read more

Mortgage Loans Down 9.8%

Residential mortgage loans approved in July decreased 9.8% compared with June to $43 billion, the Monetary Authority a... Read more

Tech Park Meeting Held

Secretary for Innovation & Technology Alfred Sit today presided over the seventh meeting of the Joint Task Force o... Read more

Export Controls May Give Beijing Say In TikTok Sale

China's new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance's sale of TikTok's US operations could need Beijing's approval, a C... Read more

Dow Turns Positive For Year As S&P Hits New Record

Wall Street advanced on Friday, with technology stocks driving the S&P 500 to its sixth record closing high since co... Read more

Casino Giant MGM Lays Off 18,000 In US

Hotel and casino giant MGM Resorts on Friday said 18,000 furloughed employees in the United States would be permanently ... Read more

HSI Ends Week Strongly, Abe Resignation Riles Tokyo

Hong Kong stocks finished Friday on a positive note as traders welcomed a move by the US Federal Reserve that will likel... Read more

NZ Stock Market Hit By Cyber Attacks For Fourth Day

Cyberattacks forced New Zealand's stock exchange to halt trading for a fourth straight day on Friday, with the country's... Read more

Markets Mixed As Fed Takes Aim At Unemployment

The S&P 500 and the Dow advanced but the Nasdaq closed lower on Thursday as investors digested the US Federal Reserv... Read more

Walmart Pairs With Microsoft In TikTok Bid

Supermarket giant Walmart said it was joining Microsoft in a bid for social media company TikTok's US assets, revealing ... Read more

HK-ASEAN Video Conference Held

Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Edward Yau today chaired the 4th Association of Southeast Asian Nat... Read more

HK, Serbia Sign Tax Pact

The Government today said Hong Kong has signed a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA) with Se... Read more

Belt-Road Joint Conference Held

The third Joint Conference on Advancing Hong Kong's Full Participation in & Contribution to the Belt & Road In... Read more

Alarm As US Unemployment Claims Hit 1mn Again

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits hovered around 1 million last week, suggesting the l... Read more

Hong Kong Stocks Finish With Losses

Hong Kong stocks closed lower on Thursday on fresh China-US tensions, while focus turns to an upcoming speech by Federal... Read more