Archive for December 15th, 2016
Market shows best performance since August
Although VNM fell, the market shot up to finish trading above the 650 point level. The VN Index increased robustly today by 10.84 points (1.6 per cent), the highest increase [...] » More
Business Briefs December 15
* Nam Kim Steel Company ( KG) has issued 16 million shares for-strategic investors via a private placement, raising its total outstanding volume to 66.03 million shares. The [...] » More
Stocks rebound on new confidence
Shares bounced back on December 14 as investors showed better confidence and tried to scoop up speculative stocks that were hit by strong selling. The benchmark VN Index on [...] » More
Asia ready for Fed hike, anxious on rate outlook
Asia shares crept cautiously higher on Wednesday while a hush settled on the US dollar as investors felt certain the Federal Reserve would raise rates for the first time in a [...] » More
Strategists Predict Growth in Asian Markets for 2017
Political chaos, subzero interest rates and smartphone explosions may have rocked Asian equities in the last 12 months, but most markets in Asia are still in the black. [...] » More
China wants HK’s future leaders to win public test
China may have the final say on who becomes Hong Kong’s next leader, but candidates will still have to pass a tough popularity test at home. Following news that current [...] » More
HK’s Money Market Squeeze Sends Sell Signal on Stocks
As pressure in Hong Kong’s money market builds, the risks to the city’s equities and currency are mounting. Funding costs surged for an 11th day on Tuesday to a [...] » More
HK regulator launches cybersecurity review after breaches
Hong Kong’s securities regulator is reviewing brokers’ internet and mobile trading systems to see how resilient they are to cyber attacks after some customer [...] » More
Taiwan To Provide Emergency Assistance To Chinese Military Planes
Taiwan has given permission for the Chinese military aircraft to land on its air defense zone in case of mechanical failures based on humanitarian grounds. “Because the [...] » More
Taiwan to deal with Chinese aircraft encroachments ‘fearlessly’: MND
In the event that a Chinese military aircraft enters Taiwan’s air space, the ROC military will handle the situation “fearlessly without evasion or [...] » More
Taiwan’s new representative to Singapore assumes duties
Taiwan’s new representative to Singapore Francis Liang (???) arrived in the Southeast Asian city state Tuesday to take up his post, vowing to boost bilateral relations [...] » More
Taiwan-US-Japan security dialogue set for December 14
An annual seminar on security dialogue involving Taiwan, the United States, Japan and their Asia-Pacific partners will take place Wednesday in Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign [...] » More
Taiwan wants good relations with US, stable cross-strait ties
The goal of Taiwan’s foreign policy is to build good relations with the international community and maintain a stable cross-Taiwan Strait relationship, the Presidential [...] » More
Donald Trump took Taiwan’s call for one reason only
In his own words, Trump didn’t take Tsai’s call because they were fellow democrats, as some hot headed Republicans presumed, but because Taiwan has the [...] » More
China might punish Taiwan: media
The media in the US has given a mixed response to Trump’s latest foreign policy outburst, with some saying he may be trying to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip in [...] » More
