Archive for October 25th, 2019
Business Briefs 25 Oct 2019
* Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum FlaskJSC (RAL) posted a 19% year-on-year rise in its net sales in the third quarter of the year at VND900 billion, and its after-tax [...] » More
Asian shares mixed as earnings drive modest Wall St gains
Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after US stock indexes eked out tiny gains in a wobbly day of trading as investors reviewed another set of mixed company earnings. [...] » More
Asian markets track Wall St gains, pound flat with eyes on Brexit
Most Asian markets rose Thursday following a positive lead from Wall Street, while the pound was marginally higher as traders await the next Brexit move with the EU expected [...] » More
HK extradition bill officially killed, but more unrest likely
Hong Kong’s legislature on Wednesday formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, but the move was unlikely to end [...] » More
Under China’s shadow, Taiwan, HK squabble over a murder suspect
Chinese-ruled Hong Kong and Taiwan engaged in a rare squabble on Wednesday over a Hong Kong man accused of murder in Taiwan whose case was used by Hong Kong to promote a [...] » More
HK’s ongoing protests leave Australian airline Qantas with a $17 million profits slump
Australia’s national airline Qantas announced a HK$134.1 million (US$17.1 million) hit to half-year profits as a result of Hong Kong’s ongoing unrest. The airline [...] » More
HK protesters hold singalong in Tsim Sha Tsui as tensions ease with local ethnic minority communities over Kowloon Mosque police spraying
Protesters gathered in Tsim Sha Tsui on Wednesday for a singalong in support of local ethnic minority communities, three days after a police water cannon sprayed blue dye on [...] » More
HK protests will have ‘unbearable and devastating consequences’, Chinese state media says
China’s state media said on Thursday that failure to put an end to the prolonged protests in Hong Kong will have “unbearable and devastating consequences” [...] » More
HK protests: ‘virus of violence’ deadlier than Sars and is spreading overseas, says China’s top diplomat in city, Xie Feng
China’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has labelled the ongoing protests rocking the city an independence campaign to overthrow the government, appealing to the [...] » More
A single grievance sent protesters to the streets, but wider discontent has kept them there
The demonstrations seemingly began with a single spark. In Chile it was a hike in metro fares. In Lebanon it was a tax on WhatsApp calls. In Hong Kong it was a proposed [...] » More
HK police urge ‘don’t believe the rumours’ about dogs dying from tear gas, but concern groups want animals removed from protests
Hong Kong police have quashed suggestions that their dogs have either died or fallen sick as a direct result of tear gas being fired during protests. On Thursday morning, the [...] » More
HK exports shrink 7.3 per cent in September as US-China trade war continues to bite
Hong Kong exports shrank 7.3 per cent in September year-on-year amid the raging US-China trade war, ending the third quarter on a sour note. Exports dropped to HK$347.7 [...] » More
HK protesters to rally in support of Catalan activists
Hong Kong protesters plan to rally on Thursday in support of demonstrators pushing for a separate Catalonia in northeastern Spain as a Chinese official denounced months of [...] » More
Qantas flags HK protest hit on profits
Australian airline Qantas on Thursday announced a first quarter revenue increase of 1.8 percent for the 2020 financial year, but warned of a profit hit from ongoing protests [...] » More
‘White terror’: HK’s China critics beaten in targeted attacks
The men jumped Stanley Ho without warning, smashing both his hands with metal rodsone of multiple recent attacks against prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy figures that [...] » More
