Archive for May, 2016
Business Briefs May 31
* Ben Tre Water Supply and Sewerage Company (NBT) has registered to float 28 million shares on the market for unlisted public companies (UPCoM) on June 6. The shares will be [...]
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Asian stocks rise after Wall Street gains
Asian stocks rose Monday following Wall Street’s gains as investors looked ahead to economic data this week from China, Australia and Korea. KEEPING SCORE: [...]
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Asia shares slip, dollar firm after Yellen’s hike remarks
Asian shares edged down on Monday while the dollar marked fresh highs after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen suggested that an interest rate hike in the United States could [...]
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Dalian Wanda makes $4.4 billion offer to take HK-listed property arm private
China’s Dalian Wanda Group, owned by tycoon Wang Jianlin, is offering HK$34.45 billion ($4.4 billion) in cash to buy out Hong Kong-listed unit Dalian Wanda Commercial [...]
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More flights to HK
A twice-weekly direct flight from Kuching to Hong Kong has begun. The first Hong Kong Airlines flight landed at Kuching International Airport on Saturday at 5.30am. The [...]
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HSBC boosts oversight of safety boxes in HK
HSBC has introduced stricter rules for the use of safety-deposit boxes in Hong Kong, which customers use to store valuables but which are at risk of being abused for money [...]
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Brokers complain about high trading costs on HK bourse
Stock brokers in Hong Kong are complaining that transactions on the local exchange are sometimes barely profitable due to the bourse’s rules on minimum fees, Bloomberg [...]
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Wall collapses at HK’s historic former Central Police Station
A large structure collapsed at the historic former Central Police Station on Hollywood Road on Sunday night. Police said there were no preliminary reports of injuries and [...]
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Dalian Wanda makes $4.4 billion offer to take HK-listed property arm private
China’s Dalian Wanda Group is offering $4.4 billion in cash to buy out Hong Kong-listed unit Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties, part of a plan to take it private [...]
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HK Stock Brokers Cry Foul at Fees Crimping Their Profits
Brokers in Hong Kong are being slapped with fees vastly higher than peers elsewhere in the region, prompting claims that the national stock exchange’s rules [...]
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In high-rise HK, fine wines lurk in British war bunker
In high-rise, high-priced Hong Kong, even millionaires don’t always have room to store their fine wine collection at home, but a converted British war bunker offers [...]
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Taiwan Futures Exchange to launch US dollar-yuan futures options – sources
May 30 Taiwan Futures Exchange plans to launch a US dollar-yuan futures options product next month, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. [...]
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Spate of earthquakes rattle eastern Taiwan
Three earthquakes rocked eastern Taiwan Monday morning, with the largest one measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Central Weather Bureau. As of noon, there [...]
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Taiwan Editorial Abstract: government murders woman veterinarian
A memorial service was held on May 20, the day Taiwan’s first woman President Tsai Ing-wen (???) was sworn in, to mourn the death of a young veterinarian who killed [...]
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Cross-strait relations’ possible impact on the farming sector
Cross-strait exchange in fishing and agriculture has grown increasingly intimate over the years. Taiwan’s agriculture-related investment in mainland China has reached [...]
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