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MTR expects protest-related costs to reach HK$1.6 billion
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Postponed Hong Kong Open to be held in January, say organizers
Police chief urges citizens to keep Sunday protest peaceful
MTR expects protest-related costs to reach HK$1.6 billion
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Postponed Hong Kong Open to be held in January, say organizers
Police chief urges citizens to keep Sunday protest peaceful
MTR expects protest-related costs to reach HK$1.6 billion
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Indian police kill four rape-murder suspects, draw cheers
Suu Kyi courts home audience in trip to The Hague
WB approves US$1 bln annual loans to China amid US objections
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Indian police kill four rape-murder suspects, draw cheers
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China to waive tariffs on some US soybeans, pork
Dec 6, 2019 3:48pm
China said on Friday it will waive import tariffs for some soybeans and pork shipments from the United States, as the two sides try to thrash out an agreement to defuse their protracted trade war. The...
MTR expects protest-related costs to reach HK$1.6 billion
Dec 6, 2019 12:34pm
MTR Corp. expects a decline in full-year profit amid a drop in passenger numbers and massive vandalism to its train stations and facilities during the months-long protests, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Costs related to the social...
Mainland investors defy HK protests in hunt for bargain stocks
Dec 6, 2019 12:32pm
Chinese investors more than doubled their Hong Kong stock purchases this year, braving market headwinds from violent street protests and the protracted Sino-US trade war, which have battered the city’s economy, Reuters reports. Data from the...
WB approves US$1 bln annual loans to China amid US objections
Dec 6, 2019 10:21am
The World Bank said its board has adopted a new plan to aid China with US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025, despite the objections of US Treasury Secretary Steven...
US cracks down on Russian hackers after US$100 million spree
Dec 6, 2019 9:45am
US authorities took aim at a Russian cybercriminal group known as Evil Corp., indicting its Lamborghini-driving alleged leader and ordering asset freezes against 17 of his associates over a digital crime spree that has netted more...
Uber received over 3,000 sexual assault reports in 2018
Dec 6, 2019 9:22am
Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. said it had received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault, including rape, related to its trips in the United States in 2018, at a time when it operated roughly 1.3...
OPEC, allies agree to deepen oil output cuts
Dec 6, 2019 9:20am
Oil producers led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to cut output by an extra 500,000 barrels a day in the first quarter of 2020 but stopped short of pledging action beyond March, Reuters reports. The...
Aramco prices shares at top of range in world’s biggest IPO
Dec 6, 2019 9:16am
State-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) will be the biggest in history, but will fall short of the towering US$2 trillion valuation long sought by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Aramco priced its...
Facebook sues HK firm ILikeAd, alleges ad fraud
Dec 6, 2019 8:47am
Facebook Inc. sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities’ photos and bogus advertising links so that it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and...
EU takes tough line on digital currencies
Dec 6, 2019 8:29am
European Union finance ministers agreed that private digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed in the European Union until the risks they could pose are clearly addressed, Reuters reports. The move confirms the bloc’s...
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Startups
UK lessons for Hong Kong's upcoming virtual banks
Ben Ng
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December 4, 2019
How a Korean internet firm is building a blockchain 'killer-app'
Ben Ng
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November 29, 2019
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WORLD
Indian police kill four rape-murder suspects, draw cheers
Dec 6, 2019 12:47pm
Indian police on Friday shot dead four men who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian in the city of Hyderabad, a police official told Reuters, drawing applause from her family and citizens outraged...
Suu Kyi courts home audience in trip to The Hague
Dec 6, 2019 11:10am
The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of...
WB approves US$1 bln annual loans to China amid US objections
Dec 6, 2019 10:21am
The World Bank said its board has adopted a new plan to aid China with US$1 billion to US$1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025, despite the objections of US Treasury Secretary Steven...
WHO decries ‘collective failure’ as measles kills 140,000
Dec 6, 2019 10:16am
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said. In figures described by its...
US cracks down on Russian hackers after US$100 million spree
Dec 6, 2019 9:45am
US authorities took aim at a Russian cybercriminal group known as Evil Corp., indicting its Lamborghini-driving alleged leader and ordering asset freezes against 17 of his associates over a digital crime spree that has netted more...
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Living
How English Premier League is closing the value gap with NBA
Ko Tin-yau
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December 2, 2019
How tidying icon Marie Kondo is monetizing her KOL status
Ko Tin-yau
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November 21, 2019
A ballet performance amid the protests
Kevin Ng
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October 31, 2019
Technology can help in dealing with mental health issues
Dr. Winnie Tang
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October 28, 2019
Walking 4,400 steps a day keeps the doctor away
Dr. Winnie Tang
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October 22, 2019
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Hong Kong
Postponed Hong Kong Open to be held in January, say organizers
The Hong Kong Open golf tournament, which was postponed last month amid violence from escalating anti-government protests, will go ahead in January but without sanctioning by the European Tour, Reuters reports, citing the organizers....
Police chief urges citizens to keep Sunday protest peaceful
Police Commissioner Chris Tang Ping-keung has urged citizens to demonstrate peacefully ahead of what is expected to be a large-scale pro-democracy march on Sunday. Police on Thursday gave a rare green light to the demonstration, organized...
MTR expects protest-related costs to reach HK$1.6 billion
MTR Corp. expects a decline in full-year profit amid a drop in passenger numbers and massive vandalism to its train stations and facilities during the months-long protests, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reports. Costs related to...
Rival camps show no mercy for Lam and her team in Legco debate
Lawmakers from both the pan-democratic and pro-establishment camps lashed out at Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and her cabinet, blaming the administration for mishandling the extradition bill saga that has plunged Hong Kong...
How Maoming, HK deal with protests differently
Like Hong Kong, the city of Maoming in Guangdong province has been gripped by anti-government protests recently. However, while the protests in our city rage on, the unrest in Maoming has been quickly put...
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