... unresolved. Beijing and Washington touted the “Phase 1” agreement as a step forward after months of start-and-stop talks, and investors greeted the news with relief. Even so, there was skepticism the ...More
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They say when it rains, it pours. But some end up with just trickles. Same thing with IPOs. Beijing-based mobile app developer NewBorn Town (09911) saw the retail tranche of its initial public offerin ...More
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... from users. Google's plan is to restrict advertising software companies and other organizations from connecting their browser cookies to websites they do not operate, the company said in a blog post o ...More
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Iran said on Tuesday that it has arrested people accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 people aboard last week. President Hassan Rouhani, in address Tuesday, prom ...More
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Commodity traders and analysts are struggling to map out how China will reach the eye-popping amounts it is committing to buy from the United States under Phase 1 of their trade deal. China has pledge ...More
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... terim deal. Mnuchin told reporters that President Donald Trump could consider easing tariffs if the world’s two largest economies move quickly to seal a follow-up agreement. “If the president gets a P ...More
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We have now seen ten consecutive months of double-digit year-on-year retail sales declines in Hong Kong. Retailers are wondering if there will be a recovery soon and how much recovery they can expect. ...More
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China loan prime rate (LPR) is down 16 basis points (bps) compared to half a year ago. Authorities have also cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for commercial lenders, and there could be more suc ...More
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Microsoft Corp. rolled out an important security fix after the US National Security Agency tipped off the company to a serious flaw in its widely used Windows operating system, Reuters reports. Micros ...More
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... rs reports. The European powers on Tuesday said they were acting to avoid a crisis over nuclear proliferation adding to an escalating confrontation in the Middle East. Russia, another signatory to the ...More
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As many had expected, Taiwan's incumbent leader Tsai Ing-wen swept to an easy victory in the island's presidential election last Saturday, securing a second term in office. Tsai, from the ruling Democ ...More
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... iyear lows. The alliance, which also includes Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors Corp., is “solid, robust, everything but dead”, the chairman of Renault, Jean-Philippe Senard, told Belgian newspaper L’Echo. Ni ...More
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... c interest. Legal proceedings should be taken up only if the cases pass the public interest test, Philip Dykes said, reminding the government that not all of the arrested persons may need to be taken ...More
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The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has revealed the latest developments in the country's pioneering efforts toward launching its own digital currency. In a recent post on its WeChat account, the centra ...More
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... t movement. In his remarks at a ceremony opening the legal year 2020 on Monday, Hong Kong's top judge took exception to criticism that courts have been sluggish in handling such cases, the Hong Kong E ...More
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... the matter. The guidelines could also bolster foreigners with existing China operations such as Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc (00005.HK) and Standard Chartered Plc (02888.HK) by allowing them to s ...More
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... of events. Some district councilors have even established concern groups to voice feelings about perceived police brutality, and are determined to prioritize the issue within the DCs. A source who is ...More
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... s doing so. The US Treasury, as part of its semi-annual report on foreign exchange policies of major US trading partners, said it was “concerned” by recent analysis from the US Council of Foreign Rela ...More
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The election last Saturday, in which Tsai Ing-wen won a second term as president, shows democracy maturing in Taiwan, which only started direct presidential elections in 1996. Political power has now ...More
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... es Network. "For this year, we've been looking at 2.5 to 3 percent [GDP growth], as I said, it may be closer to 2.5 because of the adjustment of the Boeing numbers," Mnuchin told Maria Bartiromo on Fo ...More
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