Archive for November 15th, 2019
Business Briefs 15 November 2019
* The Pan Group (PAN) plans to buy shares in Golden Beans Coffee Joint Stock Company from the latter’s existing shareholders and share issues to raise its holding in [...] » More
Despite Kashmir anger, Xi invites Modi to visit again next year
Chinese President Xi Jinping has invited Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to visit China again next year after two informal summits between the men in each other’s [...] » More
Highlights: HK disrupted as citywide protests spread
Anti-government protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing school to close and blocking highways and other transport to disrupt the [...] » More
HK is still ‘a very good proxy’ for Chinese assets despite the unrest, says an economist
Even after months of protests and escalating violence, Hong Kong is still a “very good proxy” for foreign investors wanting to access the vast China market, an [...] » More
HK students hunker down for showdown amid talk of curfew
Pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways as students built barricades and stockpiled [...] » More
Citywide protests disrupt HK as students barricade campuses
Anti-government protesters paralysed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth straight day on Thursday, forcing school closures and blocking highways and other transport links to [...] » More
Factbox – What students are saying as HK university campuses burn
Reuters spoke to students at Hong Kong universities where campuses have become blazing battlegrounds as anti-government, pro-democracy protesters clash with police. Some of [...] » More
Schools close as protesters occupy HK roads and campuses
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters paralysed parts of the Chinese-ruled city for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing schools to close and blocking highways as students built [...] » More
HK protesters fire arrows at cops and choke city for fourth day
Hong Kong authorities ordered schools and universities closed Thursday as protesters challenging China’s rule brought parts of the city to a near standstill by [...] » More
UPDATE 1-HK’s Cathay defers delivery of 4 Airbus planes as demand falls
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Thursday it would defer the delivery of four Airbus SE narrowbodies in 2020 as it cuts capacity to deal with falling [...] » More
Student protesters fortify campus occupations as HK braces for more violence
The threat of violence hung over Hong Kong Thursday evening as thousands of student protesters prepared to face off with riot police, amid a continued occupation of several [...] » More
Schools closed as protests put chokehold on HK
Pro-democracy protesters challenging China’s rule of Hong Kong choked the city with barricades and rallies for a fourth straight day Thursday, as the police force [...] » More
As recession takes hold, HK banks worry about risk of easier mortgage rules
Even as Hong Kong has reduced down-payment requirements to help young professionals and families to buy homes, banks are beefing up mortgage application standards to ensure [...] » More
Protests are rattling HK. But companies aren’t abandoning the city yet
The political unrest in Asia’s premiere financial hub has taken a dark, violent turn this week. But the turmoil is not scaring investors and companies away at least, [...] » More
The Latest: Australia deeply concerned by HK violence
The Latest on the protests in Hong Kong (all times local): 1:40 p.m. Australia has expressed deep concern about the violence in Hong Kong and the “increasing divide [...] » More
