Consumer firms line up to launch IPOs
More than a dozen consumer brands including popular restaurant operators South Beauty and Tsui Wah are lining up to launch initial public offerings as Beijing prepares to boost the domestic…
Asian shares creep up amid hopes US joblessness will spark fresh Fed stimulus
Asian shares crept up on Monday with expectations rising that weak US jobs data would prompt the Federal Reserve to announce fresh stimulus and Europe will make further progress in…
Chart of the week
Apple’s court victory over Samsung Electronics may provide another milestone for share outperformance relative to its South Korean rival. Markets & Investing feed…
Entrepreneurs: Lawrence Chia
If you’ve ever seen a major booth or exhibition at a shopping mall, theme park or event, chances are it was put together by Lawrence Chia Song Huat and his…
HKEx calls for more women and wider age spread on company boards
The operator of the Hong Kong stock market has proposed that listed companies must have more diverse representation on their boards, because the present boards have too few women representatives…
Approvals send investors on the high road again
Infrastructure and cement stocks rose yesterday on news that the central government has approved the construction of 2,018 kilometres of highway projects, as well as new ports, water plants, waterways,…
Hong Kong and China stocks close higher
Hong Kong and mainland stocks had their biggest rally in nearly eight months yesterday after the European Central Bank announced it would buy bonds to ease borrowing costs and Beijing…
Time to rewrite Hong Kong’s on-board rules on tablets?
Hong Kong’s aviation regulator might be stirred into renewing its rules on the use of electronic gadgets on aircraft following the US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) decision to allow greater…
China accuses some short-sellers of “malicious act”: Xinhua
China said foreign short-sellers targeting Chinese companies listed in the US are engaged in a “malicious act”, in an editorial published by the official Xinhua news service on Wednesday. The…
Pioneer Chinese short-seller says he’s offering investors a service
Shortly before the Shanghai stock market closed on August 13, Huang Sheng, China’s first celebrity short-seller, declared victory over CITIC Securities Co after its shares swooned 9 per cent in…
