Archive for December 21st, 2016
Beer and milk sink VN Index
VNM and SAB drag VN Index down on December 20 for largest daily loss for five months. All main indexes on Vietnam’s stock markets fell on December 20. On HSX the VN [...] » More
Shares drop further, led by SAB, VNM
Shares slipped further yesterday December 20 on the HCM Stock Exchange, driven by steep declines of Vinamilk (VNM) and Sabeco (SAB), the two largest listed stocks. The [...] » More
Business Briefs December 21
* The HCM City Tax Department has revealed it is to collect VND1.9 trillion (US$ 82.8 million) in tax arrears in December. * A local company based in the northern [...] » More
Asia markets struggle on geopolitical fears
Asian traders moved uneasily Tuesday as geopolitical concerns came back to the fore following a deadly suspected attack in Berlin, while they also wind down going into the [...] » More
Zhongan Online Said to Scrap H.K. IPO, Consider China Listing
Zhongan Online P&C Insurance Co. scrapped plans for an initial public offering in Hong Kong or the US and is instead focusing on a listing in mainland China, people [...] » More
HK confirms first case of bird flu this season
Hong Kong authorities have confirmed the first human bird flu infection for this season after an elderly man who had recently travelled to mainland China was diagnosed with [...] » More
China May Be Losing Its Cat-and-Mouse Game With HK Insurance Buyers
It’s a game of cat-and-mouse that has gone on for most of this year, with Beijing showing no signs of winning yet. Each time China tightens up on money flowing out of [...] » More
Be Wary of HK’s Eye-Popping IPO Gains
Hong Kong’s Growth Enterprise Market has seen a string of the world’s best stock debuts this year. It’s also been home to some of the biggest plunges, [...] » More
HK bans poultry products from Japan, Britain
The Hong Kong food safety authority on Monday said it has banned the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from Japan and Britain over bird flu [...] » More
Taiwan stocks weaker on global uncertainties, ahead of orders data
Taiwan stocks fell on Tuesday after deadly incidents in Germany and Turkey tempered buying, although Wall Street ended higher. As of 0128 GMT, the main TAIEX index fell 0.2 [...] » More
Deep divisions in Taiwan over gay marriage reform
Watching her boisterous twin toddlers romp around the living room, Hope Chen worries what would happen to them if she ever fell seriously ill or had an accident. In a worst [...] » More
El Salvador says Taiwan’s President Tsai will visit on January 12-13
El Salvador said on Monday that Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen will visit the poor Central American country on January 12-13, in a contentious visit that led China to [...] » More
US dollar closes higher on Taipei forex
The US dollar rose against the Taiwan dollar Monday, gaining NT$0.003 to close at NT$31.970 as the greenback extended its momentum from a week earlier after the US Federal [...] » More
What Taiwan hopes the Trump call could do for its international standing
Suddenly, Taiwan sees an opening. Having spent most of the last half a century in a diplomatic no man’s land, in which it technically does not exist as far as most of [...] » More
Prosecutors reopen probe into death of Indonesian fishery worker
The investigation into the death last year of an Indonesian fishery worker on a Taiwanese boat has been reopened on the instruction of the Control Yuan, the watchdog arm of [...] » More
