Finance

HK Continues To Be Free, Open

Hello from Hong Kong and welcome to the fifth edition of the StartmeupHK Festival. This year, the festival has to go v... Read more

HSI Firmly In 26,000 Area, Shanghai Stocks Soar 5.7%

Hong Kong stocks closed firmly above the 26,000 mark on Monday while Shanghai stocks surged to a more than two-year high... Read more

Local Stocks Climb To Highest Level Since March

Hong Kong shares soared more than 3 percent on Monday, in line with a rally across Asia, as traders are cheered by healt... Read more

Argentina Unveils Amended Restructuring Proposal

Argentina's government unveiled an amended debt restructuring proposal on Sunday and set a deadline of Aug. 4 for credit... Read more

Sunak Poised To Raise UK Stamp Duty Threshold

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is drawing up proposals to raise the property tax threshold as high as 500,000 poun... Read more

$7.7b In Wage Subsidies Granted

The Employment Support Scheme (ESS) Secretariat today published the list of the third batch of employers who have rece... Read more

RTHK Review Team To Start Work

The Commerce & Economic Development Bureau announced today that the dedicated team tasked with reviewing the gover... Read more

3.15m Receive Cash Payout

The Government announced that the Cash Payout Scheme has dispersed payment to 3.15 million people who registered elect... Read more

Germany's Watchdog 'should Have More Power'

Germany's finance minister says he wants to revamp the oversight system for the country's financial industry in the wake... Read more

Trump Signs Extension Of Relief Fund For Businesses

President Trump on Saturday signed into law a temporary extension of a subsidy program for small businesses battered by ... Read more

Asian Stocks End The Week On A Positive Note

Asian investors welcomed a forecast-busting US jobs report to send regional equities higher on Friday, though an acceler... Read more

Asian Markets Rally In Morning Trade

Hong Kong stocks finished on a strong note Friday morning, building on the previous day's rally and following a forecast... Read more

Nasdaq Again Closes At Record, Dow +0.4%

Wall Street shrugged off surging coronavirus cases to end a shortened trading week with gains on Thursday, fuelled by an... Read more

Mask Collection Authorisation Plan Set

Hong Kong citizens may authorise others to collect the CuMask on their behalf at post offices from July 6 to 15, the I... Read more

Property Sales Up 19.9%

The Land Registry recorded 8,254 sale and purchase agreements for all building units for registration in June, up 19.9... Read more