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Global Markets

Great Wall's 21% jump shows risk of shorting stocks in Hong Kong

HONG KONG (June 13): Short selling can be a tough business, as those betting on declines in Hong Kong’s equity market are finding out.
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Goodbye Wall Street: 9 of 10 Hong Kong IPO advisers now Chinese

(June 7): What a difference 20 years makes. Back when Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, the British colony’s economy was dominated by homegrown tycoons such as Li Ka-shing and colonial-era conglomerates such as Jardine Matheson Holdin

Global Economy

Singapore’s employees most unfazed by prospects of losing their jobs to automation

SINGAPORE (June 5): Despite fears of having their jobs replaced by automation, nearly three quarters of Singaporean employees surveyed say they are happy to retrain into a new role if their salary remained the same or higher, according to Randstad’s Em

M&A

Mandarin Oriental mulls sale of The Excelsior, HK

SINGAPORE (June 5): Mandarin Oriental International, a member of the Jardine Matheson Group, announced it will be reviewing its long-term strategic option with The Excelsior, Hong Kong.

Property

Hong Kong's throngs of thousands defy bid to cool housing market

(May 29): Snaking queues of thousands of prospective apartment buyers in Hong Kong signaled authorities have made no progress in cooling a red-hot property market, where prices are at records.

Hong Kong faces China collateral damage on Moody's downgrade

(May 25): Hong Kong saw its debt rating cut by Moody’s Investors Service hours after China’s downgrade, highlighting potential risks from a tightening economic integration.

Singapore’s employee preferences are falling on deaf ears

SINGAPORE (May 24): What matters most to the average employee?

Tech

Hong Kong's stock fortunes are tied to Tencent like never before

HONG KONG (May 23): Tencent Holdings Ltd. has become the undisputed ruler of Hong Kong stocks.

Broker's Calls

Growth opportunities abound for Best World beyond China

SINGAPORE (May 22): DBS Vickers Securities continues to rate Best World International at “buy” with an adjusted target price of $1.65 after hosting the developer, manufacturer and distributor of skincare and wellness products’ non-deal roadshow (NDR

Property

Henderson Land wins rare Hong Kong site for record $4.2 bil

HONG KONG (May 17): Henderson Land Development Co. outbid eight other developers to win a rare site in Hong Kong’s Central district for a record HK$23.3 billion ($4.2 billion). It was the first commercial plot sold by the government in more than two dec
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