After a relatively quiet year, smartphones are back with a bang. Apple Pay debuted its Pokémon GO campaign in Hong Kong and Facebook launched its Mentions app that enables public figures to post updates, share photos...

George Soros and Jim Rogers are widely regarded as moguls in the market. My hero is Softbank founder Masayoshi Son. Son has made a great fortune from his investments in Yahoo, Alibaba and Supercell. And now, just...

The Hong Kong government has launched a crackdown on illegal premises in industrial buildings. Some units in these buildings are being used as cafes, clubhouses, restaurants, mini-warehouses, and even as homes. It is estimated that around...

A failed military coup in Turkey has claimed the lives of at least 290 people and injured more than 1,400, in events that shocked the whole world. Straddling the edges of Eastern Europe and western Asia, the...

After Texwinca Holdings (00321.HK), the owner of the Baleno brand, withdrew from Taiwan and sold its mainland unit, rival clothing manufacturer Esprit Holdings (03300.HK) also intends to cut back its China presence. The moves come as...

California Fitness, the largest gym operator in Hong Kong with about 100,000 members, has closed all its 12 outlets across the city. Many can’t understand why the company would suffer huge losses when it was earning a...

Investors are increasingly wary of political risks amid integration between Hong Kong and mainland markets. For example, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has taken on Link REIT (00823.HK). But the share price of the real estate investment...

Euro 2016 is finally over. Portugal bagged the championship even though its captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, was stretchered out of the stadium in the first half due to a knee injury. Many people thought that Portugal would...

Japan’s Nintendo has seen its shares surge further on Monday after a 9 percent gain last Friday on hopes that its earnings will get a major boost from its newly-launched Pokémon Go video game. Unlike its...

London’s new mayor, Sadiq Khan, made three promises in his election campaign but he is having difficulty fulfilling them. Public transport in London is the world’s most expensive after a sharp rise in prices under his...

The 38-year-old Italian soccer star Gianluigi Buffon is regarded as one of the world’s best goalkeepers. However, it seems he is much better at defending the goal than protecting his investment. He made the same mistake...

Following negotiations that lasted almost one year, Chinese home appliance manufacturer Midea Group Co. (000333.CN) has agreed to pay 1.2 billion euros (US$1.34 billion) for a 25.1 percent stake in German robot maker Kuka. The deal would make Midea...

Financial markets have been battered by Brexit but Hong Kong’s housing market appears fairly resilient. The Centa-City Leading Index (CCL) has been rising in the past five weeks and is only 12 percent off last year’s...

Investors Exchange (IEX) has won approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission as a national securities exchange. The trading platform has a so-called speed bump of 350 microseconds, which is within the 1 millisecond now allowed...

The battle for control of mainland property developer China Vanke has intensified. Major shareholder Baoneng Group has sought an extraordinary general meeting to oust Vanke’s founder and chairman Wang Shi, president Yu Liang and other board...

China’s A shares defied a sell-off in global stock markets after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The Shanghai Composite Index, the Shenzhen Composite Index and the Growth Enterprise Market rose 1.45 percent, 2.27 percent...

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has stunned the world.  The catastrophic result of the referendum shows that the traditional ways of communication are badly in need of reform. Brexit may even provide some lessons...

I’m a frequent visitor to Taiwan both for business trips and holidays. I’m so impressed with the good services of Taiwan’s China Airlines, particularly the fragrant Pu-erh tea the stewardesses serve on their flights. However, I...

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (00700.HK) and its partners will pay US$8.6 billion for Finnish mobile game company Supercell. The deal will push the Chinese internet giant to the top ranks of the global online game market. However,...

Hong Kong will elect its next chief executive in March next year, or just nine months from now. Many aspirants are already making their moves to be included in the race. Local residents care more about...